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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The Cell Phone: An Anthropology of Communication
The Cell Phone: An Anthropology of Communication
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Yours, mine and ours? sharing and use of technology in domestic environments
UbiComp '07 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Ubiquitous computing
Designing a phone broadcasting system for urban sex workers in India
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Chale, how much it cost to browse?: results from a mobile data price transparency trial in Ghana
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Balancing burden and benefit: non-prescribed use of employer-issued mobile devices
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2
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Shared access to airtime is a prominent mode of connectivity access in the developing world. We seek to understand airtime sharing among low-income microenterprises in India (small, low-capital businesses, such as flower sellers and milkmen), that constitute 90% of the total enterprises in India. We introduce social negotiation as the foundation of airtime sharing. We highlight negotiation mechanisms in the microenterprise, showing how shared resources are used towards personal interests amidst tensions and value conflicts, by adapting, modifying, subverting, and repurposing airtime. We then explore the design space of airtime and bandwidth sharing in low-income communities, including designing for negotiation and improving readability of airtime.