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This article analyses the appropriation of mobile phones in rural India by exploring what new social alternatives mobile phones enable and how these new social constellations relate to culture and cultural change. The ethnographic description relates phone usage to other communication patterns and ongoing processes of transformation. The article shows how the appropriation of phones draws from the local cultural and social context, but also that phones facilitate new patterns that show great similarity with social processes in other places where phones have been introduced as the first form of communication technology, such as the increased multiplicity of social contacts and the greater efficiency of market relationships. I argue that mobile technology amplifies ongoing processes of cultural change but does so selectively, so that it brings about the homogenization of ‘social logistics’.Mobile technology is currently emerging as the first extensive form of electronic communication system in many regions of Africa and Asia. This article analyses the appropriation of mobile phones in rural India by exploring what new social alternatives mobile phones enable and how these new social constellations relate to culture and cultural change. The ethnographic description relates phone usage to other communication patterns and ongoing processes of transformation. 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I provide a nuanced picture of the contested nature of kinship and gender in the village based on long-term fieldwork in order to explore how mobile phones mediate relationships and ongoing processes of social change. The article illustrates how the physical qualities of phones help strengthen the multiplicity of discourses by mediating relationships and contributing to the multiplicity of speech contexts. Mobile phone use has been encouraged and motivated by kinship relationships and the use of mobile phones has, in turn, transformed these relationships by helping to create new contexts for speech and action. However, instead of the drastic improvements or changes, for instance in economic power relationships, the positive impacts of women’s phone use appear subtle and ambiguous: most calls are about the slight redefinition of the home boundaries.</p><div class="ds-related-work--ctas"><button class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"wsj-grid-card-download-pdf-modal","work_title":"Mobile telephony, mediation, and gender in rural India","attachmentId":102933515,"attachmentType":"pdf","work_url":"https://www.academia.edu/32067096/Mobile_telephony_mediation_and_gender_in_rural_India","alternativeTracking":true}"><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">download</span><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">Download free PDF</span></button><a class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-wsj-grid-card-view-pdf" href="https://www.academia.edu/32067096/Mobile_telephony_mediation_and_gender_in_rural_India"><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">View PDF</span><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">chevron_right</span></a></div></div><div class="ds-related-work--container js-wsj-grid-card" data-collection-position="5" data-entity-id="49593177" data-sort-order="default"><a class="ds-related-work--title js-wsj-grid-card-title ds2-5-body-md ds2-5-body-link" href="https://www.academia.edu/49593177/Mobile_Phone_and_Emerging_New_Digital_Culture_Among_Oraon_Community_of_Jharkhand">Mobile Phone and Emerging New Digital Culture Among Oraon Community of Jharkhand</a><div class="ds-related-work--metadata"><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="210273" href="https://cuj.academia.edu/DevVratSingh">Dev Vrat Singh, Ph.D.</a><span>, </span><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="21862374" href="https://cuj.academia.edu/RabindranathSarma">Rabindranath Sarma</a></div><p class="ds-related-work--metadata ds2-5-body-xs">SAMPRITI, Sampriti Publications, 6(1), pp. 275-288, UGC-Care List Indexed, ISSN 2454-3837 , 2020</p><p class="ds-related-work--abstract ds2-5-body-sm">The unprecedented growth of mobile telephony, in terms of technology, network and subscriber base, has established India as one of the most vibrant markets in the world. The thrust by the government of India to expand smart phone user base and encourage citizens for pursuing digital environment has made the market more dynamic than ever before in the recent times. Technology is ever considered to be the greatest equalizer and enabler by communication scientists. The way mobile phone has made inroads into the rural heartlands of India, some of the theoreticians claim too much about the constructive and empowering impacts of this ‘miraculous’ gadget on the indigenous population. Empowerment of individuals and community means greater control over life, increased options in decision-making and enhanced capacity/skills to cope with challenges and optimising their life. According to Census 2011, Oraons are the second largest tribal population in Jharkhand. Scholars believe that there have been vast changes in the life style, traditions, community habits and communication patterns of the Oraon tribe during last two decades. But how far these changes have been caused by the mobile phones is yet to be traced out. Moreover, how does mobile phone transforms communication habits and patterns in a village community and eventually how these changes result in to silent transformation of the socio-cultural, political and economic sphere is a question yet to be answered. The main objective of this study is to find out how mobile phone is contributing to the transformation of communication patters among Oraon community as whole and family and individual in particular. This study also endeavours to trace the emerging new digital culture in Oraon community of Jharkhand. A survey through interview schedule along with focus group is carried out among 400 mobile users with equal gender representation in 20 villages of two districts in Jharkhand. Outcome of this research helps understand about the changing ways and means of communication of marginalised tribal community living in socio-economic backwardness and information poverty. Key words: Digital Culture, Mobile Communication, Oraon Community, Mobile phone, Marginalized Community, Tribal Society</p><div class="ds-related-work--ctas"><button class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"wsj-grid-card-download-pdf-modal","work_title":"Mobile Phone and Emerging New Digital Culture Among Oraon Community of Jharkhand","attachmentId":67912149,"attachmentType":"pdf","work_url":"https://www.academia.edu/49593177/Mobile_Phone_and_Emerging_New_Digital_Culture_Among_Oraon_Community_of_Jharkhand","alternativeTracking":true}"><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">download</span><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">Download free PDF</span></button><a class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-wsj-grid-card-view-pdf" href="https://www.academia.edu/49593177/Mobile_Phone_and_Emerging_New_Digital_Culture_Among_Oraon_Community_of_Jharkhand"><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">View PDF</span><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">chevron_right</span></a></div></div><div class="ds-related-work--container js-wsj-grid-card" data-collection-position="6" data-entity-id="103416855" data-sort-order="default"><a class="ds-related-work--title js-wsj-grid-card-title ds2-5-body-md ds2-5-body-link" href="https://www.academia.edu/103416855/THE_INTERPLAY_OF_TECHNOLOGY_AND_CULTURE_A_STUDY_ON_MOBILE_PHONE_PRACTICES_AMONG_MUKKUVA_COMMUNITY">THE INTERPLAY OF TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE: A STUDY ON MOBILE PHONE PRACTICES AMONG MUKKUVA COMMUNITY</a><div class="ds-related-work--metadata"><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="181820742" href="https://independent.academia.edu/ShodhKosh">Shodh Kosh</a><span>, </span><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="274768041" href="https://independent.academia.edu/SamarjitKachari">Samarjit Kachari</a></div><p class="ds-related-work--metadata ds2-5-body-xs">Granthaalayah Publication and Printers , 2023</p><p class="ds-related-work--abstract ds2-5-body-sm">The widespread use of digital technologies has expanded globally and penetrated even the most remote regions of the global south, including people living in underprivileged and marginalised conditions. Despite the increasing influence of mobile phones in all aspects of social life, there is limited knowledge about how mobile phone practices impact the local culture of the Mukkuva community in Kerala. Though Kerala has made remarkable socioeconomic progress, the Mukkuva fishing community remains marginalised and neglected. The fishers' exclusion from mainstream society, resulting from the caste system, has historically limited their interaction with others. This study employs in-depth interviews and non-participant observation to explore the mobile phone practices of the fishing community in two selected coastal villages of Kerala and how it affects the community's language and culture. Using the cultural identity framework of Stuart Hall and a thematic method of data analysis, the paper examines the changing dynamics of the relationship between the church and the community, the evolving self-concept of community members, and their economic activities. The research demonstrates the significance of mobile phones in the changing cultural dynamics of the Mukkuva community, highlighting its role in enabling increased communication and interaction with mainstream society. The study's findings suggest that mobile phones have enabled the community to create a new identity, distinct from their traditional practices, thereby allowing them to engage more actively in social, economic, and political activities. The paper concludes that the increasing use of mobile phones in marginalised communities provides an opportunity to bridge the gap between mainstream and marginalised societies, and encourages the empowerment of these groups.</p><div class="ds-related-work--ctas"><button class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"wsj-grid-card-download-pdf-modal","work_title":"THE INTERPLAY OF TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE: A STUDY ON MOBILE PHONE PRACTICES AMONG MUKKUVA COMMUNITY","attachmentId":103429611,"attachmentType":"pdf","work_url":"https://www.academia.edu/103416855/THE_INTERPLAY_OF_TECHNOLOGY_AND_CULTURE_A_STUDY_ON_MOBILE_PHONE_PRACTICES_AMONG_MUKKUVA_COMMUNITY","alternativeTracking":true}"><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">download</span><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">Download free PDF</span></button><a class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-wsj-grid-card-view-pdf" href="https://www.academia.edu/103416855/THE_INTERPLAY_OF_TECHNOLOGY_AND_CULTURE_A_STUDY_ON_MOBILE_PHONE_PRACTICES_AMONG_MUKKUVA_COMMUNITY"><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">View PDF</span><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">chevron_right</span></a></div></div><div class="ds-related-work--container js-wsj-grid-card" data-collection-position="7" data-entity-id="12073266" data-sort-order="default"><a class="ds-related-work--title js-wsj-grid-card-title ds2-5-body-md ds2-5-body-link" href="https://www.academia.edu/12073266/Mobile_Phones_Adding_a_new_thread_in_the_social_fabric_of_India">Mobile Phones: Adding a new thread in the social fabric of India</a><div class="ds-related-work--metadata"><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="64299" href="https://nanyang.academia.edu/PeerSathikh">Peer M Sathikh</a></div><p class="ds-related-work--abstract ds2-5-body-sm">As of November 2013, the mobile subscriber base in India was 881.13 million (active lines) according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, and with around 6 million new mobile subscriptions being registered every month, a country of (estimated) 1.2 billion population could have more than 1 billion mobile subscribers by the end of 2015. What does this “untethered” technology do to the people of India? This paper discusses how a country steeped in history, culture, and tradition has embraced mobile technology and how the technology is creating a new design in the social fabric of India through transitive culture.</p><div class="ds-related-work--ctas"><button class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"wsj-grid-card-download-pdf-modal","work_title":"Mobile Phones: Adding a new thread in the social fabric of India","attachmentId":37395715,"attachmentType":"pdf","work_url":"https://www.academia.edu/12073266/Mobile_Phones_Adding_a_new_thread_in_the_social_fabric_of_India","alternativeTracking":true}"><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">download</span><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">Download free PDF</span></button><a class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-wsj-grid-card-view-pdf" href="https://www.academia.edu/12073266/Mobile_Phones_Adding_a_new_thread_in_the_social_fabric_of_India"><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">View PDF</span><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">chevron_right</span></a></div></div><div class="ds-related-work--container js-wsj-grid-card" data-collection-position="8" data-entity-id="36661762" data-sort-order="default"><a class="ds-related-work--title js-wsj-grid-card-title ds2-5-body-md ds2-5-body-link" href="https://www.academia.edu/36661762/The_Lives_of_Smart_Phones_People_s_Relationships_with_Technology_along_the_Tamor_Valley">The Lives of Smart Phones: People’s Relationships with Technology along the Tamor Valley</a><div class="ds-related-work--metadata"><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="54980831" href="https://goldsmiths.academia.edu/CandiceJiang">Candice Jiang</a></div><p class="ds-related-work--metadata ds2-5-body-xs">2018</p><p class="ds-related-work--abstract ds2-5-body-sm">The way people interact with smart phones and technology in their everyday life can reveal a whole lot about a culture, history and politics of a given place. In the Taplejung district in Northeastern Nepal, the Tamor valley has been a historical pathway for trans-Himalayan trade, business, and commerce (Saxer: 2015). However, it is also considered one of the most virtually and physically remote places in Nepal due to lack of physical and Internet infrastructure that enables all kinds of access. Nevertheless, smart phones have become an essential gadget in most people’s lives in this part of Nepal. In a place with such circumstances, I explore the way people interact with technology in their everyday life, what their relationship is to their phones, and how that reflects a broader aspect of history and culture in the area. It is an anthropological and humanistic account of technology and its interaction with people. Through the methodological approach of photography, studying the pathway and through personal accounts of the people that I encountered, I argue that physical infrastructure development has profound impact on mobility, culture and everyday life along the Tamor valley.</p><div class="ds-related-work--ctas"><button class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-swp-download-button" data-signup-modal="{"location":"wsj-grid-card-download-pdf-modal","work_title":"The Lives of Smart Phones: People’s Relationships with Technology along the Tamor Valley","attachmentId":56595406,"attachmentType":"pdf","work_url":"https://www.academia.edu/36661762/The_Lives_of_Smart_Phones_People_s_Relationships_with_Technology_along_the_Tamor_Valley","alternativeTracking":true}"><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">download</span><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">Download free PDF</span></button><a class="ds2-5-text-link ds2-5-text-link--inline js-wsj-grid-card-view-pdf" href="https://www.academia.edu/36661762/The_Lives_of_Smart_Phones_People_s_Relationships_with_Technology_along_the_Tamor_Valley"><span class="ds2-5-text-link__content">View PDF</span><span class="material-symbols-outlined" style="font-size: 18px" translate="no">chevron_right</span></a></div></div><div class="ds-related-work--container js-wsj-grid-card" data-collection-position="9" data-entity-id="47431888" data-sort-order="default"><a class="ds-related-work--title js-wsj-grid-card-title ds2-5-body-md ds2-5-body-link" href="https://www.academia.edu/47431888/Mobile_media_gender_and_power_in_rural_India">Mobile media, gender, and power in rural India</a><div class="ds-related-work--metadata"><a class="js-wsj-grid-card-author ds2-5-body-sm ds2-5-body-link" data-author-id="1118339" href="https://jyu.academia.edu/SirpaTenhunen">Sirpa Tenhunen</a></div><p class="ds-related-work--metadata ds2-5-body-xs">Human Technology</p><p class="ds-related-work--abstract ds2-5-body-sm">This article traces the diffuse connections between mobility and power by exploring how mobile phone use contributed to gendered power relations in rural India. It is based on ethnographic fieldwork on the use of mobile phones, conducted periodically between 2005 and 2013 in the village of Janta in West Bengal, India, and compared to earlier fieldwork in Janta, before the village had any phone system. Analysis of the increased mobility reveals how mobile phone use emerges within interconnected, changing fields of power. The political sphere earlier perceived as predominantly local was replaced by translocal political practices characterized by increasing mobility. Although new political practices eroded women's political participation in the village, mobile phone use made possible new forms of agency for women. 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