CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. “INTRODUCTION” ................................................................................................. 12
THEORETICAL DISCUSSION ............................................................................................................... 14
Technology as Facilitator ............................................................................................................ 14
Performed Sociality ...................................................................................................................... 16
Technology as Mediator ............................................................................................................... 17
Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................... 19
Emotions ....................................................................................................................................... 19
ANTHROPOLOGY AND MYANMAR .................................................................................................... 20
THESIS OUTLINE ............................................................................................................................... 23
CHAPTER 2. “ON METHOD” ........................................................................................................ 25
LANGUAGE........................................................................................................................................ 26
GAINING ACCESS .............................................................................................................................. 27
FIELDWORK STRATEGIES AND POSITIONING .................................................................................... 28
THE FIELD AS IT BECAME ................................................................................................................. 30
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS ............................................................................................................... 32
REFLECTING NOTES .......................................................................................................................... 34
CHAPTER 3. “MYANMAR – THE LAND OF GOLD AND DUST” .......................................... 36
YANGON............................................................................................................................................ 37
THE RISE OF THE MILITARY REGIME ............................................................................................... 40
MYANMAR SINCE 1988 ..................................................................................................................... 43
SMARTPHONES TO THE PEOPLE ........................................................................................................ 44
CHAPTER 4. “THE BATTLE OF THE FONTS” ......................................................................... 47
BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................... 48
UNDERSTAND THE BATTLE .............................................................................................................. 51
WHEN DOES THE FONT BECOME A PROBLEM? ................................................................................ 54
EXPLAINING THE TASTE OF A POEM ................................................................................................. 55
WHO WANTS TO MAKE THE CHANGE? ............................................................................................ 59
IS THERE ANY EASY FIX? ................................................................................................................. 62
CHAPTER 5. “ON FACEBOOK IS THE REAL FEELINGS”.................................................... 64
AFFECT AND TECHNOLOGY .............................................................................................................. 65
ONLINE EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONS ................................................................................................. 66
DATING IN TODAY’S YANGON.......................................................................................................... 67
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENT BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC? ............................................................ 70
EMOTIONAL COMPASS ...................................................................................................................... 72
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