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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Avaaj Otalo: a field study of an interactive voice forum for small farmers in rural India
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Where there's a will there's a way: mobile media sharing in urban india
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Mobile-izing health workers in rural India
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
New media and folk music in rural India
CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Creative cameraphone use in rural developing regions
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The mobile media actor-network in urban India
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Mobiles, music, and materiality
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Folk music forms in India are rich and diverse, varying from region to region across the Indian landscape. The recent explosion of new media technologies (e.g. DVDs, CDs, mobile phones) in both rural and urban India is changing how oral folk music is being performed, produced, distributed, and shared. To further understand this impact, we conducted an extended field study across four field sites in India that are rich in folk music tradition and activity. Through a process of interviews, participant observation, focus group discussion, and content analysis with a varied group of stakeholders - including folk musicians, listeners, retailers, and radio show producers - we found that 1) there are a diverse set of motivations for performing and listening to folk music, 2) new media technologies are helping folk musicians become more popular, while reducing some streams of revenue, particularly for businesses engaged only in music production and distribution, and 3) as expected, piracy is widely tolerated by musicians, both out of apathy, and an interest in reaching new audiences with their message, while increasing their own fame and associated patronage. Based on these findings, we propose some implications for the design of an appropriate folk music sharing and distribution service that addresses these various motivations of the musicians and listeners.