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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Sondra Hale and Gada Kadoda - Contributions by Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf; Alsarah; Janice Boddy; Sandra Calkins; Atta El-Battahani; Asha Elkarib; Asma I. Elsony; Anita Fabos; Nancy Gallagher; Katarzyna Grabska; Ellen Gruenbaum; Sondra Hale; Asma Klappentext This is the first book of its kind on Sudan, and arguably one of the first in North Africa. We are part of an emerging, more cosmopolitan approach that calls for a reassessment of ideas about not only the concept of identities, but also about migration and technology, especially social media. Our essayists engage in redefinitions, the broadening of our key variables, the linking and intersecting of concepts, and the investigations of methods and ethics, and opt for an approach that is, at once, culturally specific to Sudan (one of the most fluid social landscapes in the world) and transnational. Our essays address the narrowness of studies of migration and note the almost total neglect in the broader Sudan literature of the rise of technology-mobile telephony and social media, in particular. Furthermore, our essayists address the near neglect in the Sudan literature of certain categories of people, such as youth, or certain diverse spaces, such as neighborhoods or gold mines. We have also been attempting to move away from the nearly stereotypic descriptions of Sudan to deal with topics that align Sudan with transnational issues and themes, knowledge production among them. This multidisciplinary collection of essays is the first comprehensive work to grapple explicitly with the question of knowledge production in such a diverse social landscape. We discuss the impact of current trends in information technology and contemporary forms of identity and mobility on knowledge production. These issues are pertinent for different sectors such as academia, government or business, and, as we demonstrate, reveal a myriad of possibilities for studying diverse population groups like youth, women, diaspora, or specific political contexts such as conflict or oppression. Zusammenfassung This book is an interdisciplinary collection of essays studying the intersections of identities! mobilities! and technologies within the context of knowledge production in Sudan--one of the most conflict-ridden and socially diverse landscapes in the world. The essayists look at the effects of diverse technologies such as social media! mobile telephony! trains! and gold mining on the social and economic identities of one of the world's most highly mobile populations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword, Nancy GallagherPart I. Introductory SectionIntroduction: Identities Evolving, Mobilities Expanding, and Technologies Intervening-Things Come Together, Sondra Hale and Gada KadodaChapter 1. Mobilities and Identities: The Fluid Social Landscape of Sudan, Sondra HaleChapter 2. The Consequences of Technological Innovation for Mobility and Identity, Gada KadodaPart II. Perceptions and ValuesChapter 3. Ethical Challenges for Social Media and Social Marketing in Sudan, Ellen GruenbaumChapter 4. Circuits of Knowledge Production on Darfur, Rogaia Mustafa AbusharafChapter 5. Informatics of Domination in Peripheral Capitalist Societies of North Africa and Middle East: Exploring the Link between Politics and Social Media, Atta El-BattahaniChapter 6. Towards a Holistic Perception of Health: The Interrelationships with Identity and Mobility, Asma Elsony, Sara Hassanain, and Pindai SitholeChapter 7. Eritrean Migratory Trajectories of Adolescence in Khartoum: (Im)mobility, Identities, and Social Media, Katarzyna GrabskaPart III. Expressions and SpacesChapter 8. Conflict and Displacement: Threatened Masculinity in Sudan, Asha K.A. ElkaribChapter 9. "Neighborhood is our Native Culture": Translocal Neighborhoods in Khartoum and Juba, Margret Otto and Ulrike SchultzChapter 10. Engendering Change: New Information Technologies and the Dynamics...
