Intersectionality and the Digital Divide in Guatemala: Internet Access Disparities and Maya Hackerdom in an Indigenous Lake Capital
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Austin, Sofia
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract
- In reality, in both the United States and Guatemala, the current sociocultural context includes inequality by intersecting factors such as race/ethnicity, gender, and class. The intersectional approach is an academic perspective that acknowledges these multidimensional factors, especially as experienced by women of color (e.g. Crenshaw 1989). When this inequality persists in access to information and communication technology (ICT), a “digital divide” is created between the empowered and the marginalized. This paper explores how the digital divide is experienced and addressed by the local population of Sololá, based on my study of disparities in Internet access through an intersectional lens.
- Date of publication
- spring 2016
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- Funding: None
- Advisor
- Babb, Florence
- Degree
- Bachelor of Arts
- Honors level
- Highest Honors
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Graduation year
- 2016
- Language
- English
- Extent
- 73
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