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Society & Culture
August 31, 2018 | 10:41 am

In remote regions of the South Pacific, cell phones have transformed daily life

In a new book, The Moral Economy of Mobile Phones, Rochester anthropologist Robert Foster describes the sometimes surprising developments when governments open up the telecommunications sector to competition.

topics: Department of Anthropology, global engagement, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, Papua New Guinea, research finding, Robert Foster, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
July 13, 2016 | 04:49 pm

The future is calling in the South Pacific

Anthropologist Robert Foster began visiting Papua New Guinea as a doctoral student in the 1980s, when long lines at payphones were the norm. When he returned in 2010, he found a familiar place transformed.

topics: Department of Anthropology, Fiji, global engagement, Papua New Guinea, Robert Foster, School of Arts and Sciences, Social Sciences,