Change and the Internet

Change and the Internet

Jens Kjaerulff

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2025
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Antropología social y cultural, etnografía
ISBN:
9781032509129

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This book explores the significance of new information technology for socio-cultural change and provides ethnographic insight into the early days of remote working. It draws on long-term anthropological fieldwork among people in rural Denmark working from home via the internet.

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