Change and the Internet

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.

Autorentext

Jens Kjaerulff is a social anthropologist and independent researcher. He has held positions at the University of Southern Denmark and Aalborg University as well as Simon Fraser University, University of Victoria, and University of Manchester.

Inhalt

1. Change and the Internet: Framing the Issue 2. Revisited: The Wednesday Lunch Group, Comparison and Change 3. Forays in a Village: Modelling Process and Diversity 4. Fieldwork on Telework: Unfolding Events, Knowledge and Traditions 5. Work as a Tradition of Knowledge: Towards Modelling Incremental Change in the Context of Universal Computers 6. What Motivates Telework? Concerns and flexibilities 7. A Housewife with a Career': Towards Comparison 8. Probing the Limits: 'Freedoms' of Freelance Journalism 9. Concluding Reflections