On Gambiarras: Technical Improvisations à la Brazil

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Imbalances of power and alternative modes of living abound in both the Global North and the Global South. Tactics and strategies are used by groups of all sorts to express their meaning-making processes and practices, which often happen through a wide variety of forms: for instance, by using digital devices to perform bricolages of materials and thus overcome the shortage of resources. In this chapter, we choose the example of a subtle recombination of materials and practices in which the digital is both at the center of the discussion and in the background, as a context within which practices develop....
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGlobal Debates in the Digital Humanities
EditorsDomenico Fiormonte, Sukanta Schaudhuri, Paola Ricaurte
Number of pages12
PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press
Publication date12.04.2022
Pages271-282
ISBN (print)978-1517913267
ISBN (electronic)978-1-4529-6709-7
Publication statusPublished - 12.04.2022
Externally publishedYes