3-0025 COMING OF AGE IN THE DIGITAL AGE: YOUTH MEDIA PRACTICES AND GENDERED IDENTITIES.

Thursday, November 17, 2011: 08:00-09:45

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

This session would be of particular interest to:
Practicing and Applied Anthropologists, Students

Organizers: Anna Cristina Pertierra (University of Queensland)

Chairs: Julie S Archambault (London School of Economics)

Discussants: Heather A Horst (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)

08:00

Mobile Phones, Youth and the “commercialization” of Relationships In Southern Mozambique

Julie S Archambault (London School of Economics)

08:15

Quinceañera: Coming of Age Through Digital Photography In Cuba

Anna Cristina Pertierra (University of Queensland)

08:30

Spelling Hegemony: Text Messaging, Non-Standard Orthography, and Language Ideologies

Heidi A Swank (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

08:45

When Does the Digital Make a Difference? Digital Inequality, Identity, and Differentiating Practices In Youth Peer Cultures

Christo Sims (University of California, Berkeley)

09:00

Young Indian Femininities, Transgressive Desires and New Media In the Anglophone Caribbean

Gabrielle Jamela Hosein PhD (University of the West Indies)

09:15

Discussant

Heather A Horst (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)

09:30

Discussion

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