From drills to laptops: Designing modern childhood imaginaries

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 357-370

  Ames, Morgan G ^a   Rosner, Daniela K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

design studies; hacker culture; maker culture; One Laptop Per Child; technology and childhood; technology and education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894264621     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2013.873067     Document Type: Article

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