Contesting ubicomp visions through ICT practices: Power negotiations in the meshwork of a technologised city

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 75, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 538-554

  Ylipulli, Johanna ^a   Suopajärvi, Tiina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age; ethnography; ICT practices; meshwork; power negotiations; ubiquitous computing design; urban environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884153029     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048513491911     Document Type: Article

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