1st Edition
Urban Ghana and Privacy in the Digital Age An Ethnographic Exploration
By Elad Ben Elul
Copyright 2022
180 Pages
26 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
180 Pages
26 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
180 Pages
26 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores privacy practices and the role of digital technologies in the lives of urban Ghanaians, considering how they use language, materiality, and culture to maintain sharp boundaries between the private and public. Focusing on the harbour town of Tema, it offers rich ethnographic portraits that cover topics such as nightlife, domestic architecture, religion, and social media. The... Read more
1 Introduction: studying privacy, digital anthropology, and Pentecostalism
2 Method and reflection
3 Setting the field: people, place, language, and technology
4 Treasures of darkness: nightlife & surveillance
5 Hidden and incomplete: Middle-Class houses
6 In a relationship with God: the discretness of Social Media
7 Conclusions: towards an ethnography of privacy
Biography
Elad Ben Elul is an anthropologist who lectures at Tel Aviv University and specializes in digital cultures and modern African studies.
