Vol. 8, Iss. 2, 2014

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The History of Telephony in the Non-West

10 Nov 2014

The History of Telephony in the Non-West
Burçe Çelik Editorial This special issue of CyberOrient deals with the history of telephony in the non-west. Although the comprehensive histories of different media technologies in the west have been well covered in the existing media and history literature, the roles that these imported technologies played in the non-west have not been elaborated in detail. The telephone as a technology of communication took up differing roles in private…

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The Introduction of Telephone into Turkish Houses: Private Space, Borders of the Neighborhoods and Solidarity

10 Nov 2014

The Introduction of Telephone into Turkish Houses: Private Space, Borders of the Neighborhoods and Solidarity
Gülengül Altıntaş Article This essay is based on the data collected in a two-year research project (between 2010–2012), under the title Telephony And Turkish Modernization: Social History of Telephone Since The Ottoman Era (1881–2010), which was primarily concerned with the social history of telephone in Turkey during is peculiarly long history of implementation and dispersal. The project was conducted as oral history and archive research, and a comparative…

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The Telephone and the Social Struggles in Turkey: An Overview of a Social History of a Communication Technology

10 Nov 2014

The Telephone and the Social Struggles in Turkey: An Overview of a Social History of a Communication Technology
Burçe Çelik Article This essay presents an overview of social history of telephone technology in Turkey, by taking the user-perspective to its center. As part of the set of essays in this special issue dealing with the history of telephony in the non-west, this essay seeks to explore how the telephone has become part of social practices of people, how it has integrated into the social struggles of…

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Mobile Revolution: Toward a History of Technology, Telephony and Political Activism in Egypt

10 Nov 2014

Mobile Revolution: Toward a History of Technology, Telephony and Political Activism in Egypt
Kira C. Allmann Article This article examines the use of everyday mobile technologies, and mobile telephony in particular, in political activism and protest during the 2011 Egyptian uprisings and throughout its continuing aftermath. The Arab revolutions have their own, now familiar, nomenclature, derived from the semantics of revolution and the digital age. Much of the language used to describe and analyze events in the Middle East has emphasized the…

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Reflections on Oral History: Four Cities on the Social History of Telephone Technology in Turkey

10 Nov 2014

Reflections on Oral History: Four Cities on the Social History of Telephone Technology in Turkey
Burçe Çelik, Derya Gurses Tarbuck Comment Throughout the history of the Turkish Republic, the telephone has collectively been perceived as a technology of modernity, progress, wealth and cultural capital. Yet due to a deteriorated infrastructure, which has hindered penetration of the telephone to the entire country, only a small segment of society was able to install a telephone in their private dwellings as well as in their place of business. This…

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Review: Technology and National Identity in Turkey. Mobile Communications and the Evolution of a Post-Ottoman Nation

10 Nov 2014

Review: Technology and National Identity in Turkey. Mobile Communications and the Evolution of a Post-Ottoman Nation
Petr Kučera Book Review Technology and National Identity in Turkey is a social study of technology or, more precisely, of the cultural, historical, social, psychological and individual contexts, attitudes, and practices connected to and resulting from the use of mobile phones in Turkey. It also looks into the ways this technology has been 'domesticated' or 'nationalized' and links it to the shaping of national identity.

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