Exploring Gender Relations and ICTs in Bhutan. A Comparative Case...
Chaitali Sinha
The introduction of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) in developing countries is commonly linked with improved livelihoods and increased social inclusion. In Bhutan, a country isolated by its natural geography and deliberate national policy, ICTs have been introduced in a relatively cautious and controlled manner. This academic work uses a comparative case study model to examine how fixed telephones, mobile telephones, and the Internet are perceived and used by women and men in the urban community of Thimphu, and those in the remote rural community of Tangmachu. Based on library research and original fieldwork, it explores ICTs and gender relations as mutually shaped, significant at both material and symbolic levels, and...
ISBN: 978-3-6392-1292-1
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Дата выхода: июль 2011