exhibitions or out of the city. With one of my informants, Thaung, I would get language lectures as a way to have a natural reason to meet up regularly. Thaung works as a doctor apprentice, and he quickly became interested in my work and encouraged me to write notes in front of him. He is in his mid-20´ts, single and appreciates a great live concert, preferably jazz, blues or some rock. I met Thaung at a walk called Cultural Heritage Initiative Tour (#CHIT), where the group walks to all the different religious sites in downtown Yangon such as the Sule Pagoda, the Mosque and the Catholic church. On the very same walk, I met two girls and best friends; Mimi and Pemala. They are both 18 years old and study social science at the University in Yangon. I would always meet the two together, and always in daylight since the girls were not outdoors after dark. They introduced me to the university, and we would often eat ice cream or have lunch together. My first week in Yangon, I met Dedan at one of the favorite bars in downtown. Dedan is in his early 20´ts and works as an application developer for android software; he grew into becoming one of my closest friends. We most often met for some drinks and food, and he would often introduce me to his other group of close associates. Whenever I traveled out of Yangon, most of the times Dedan would join me, or I would join his plans. This was both shorter day-trips or longer weekend trips, and he always acted as my own personal local guide. Through Dedan, I was introduced to Win, who is some years older, and that had been Dedan close friend for years. Win is a well-educated engineer and works in the oil sector. He travels back and forth to Yangon quite often. As with Dedan, Win became one of my closer friends during my stay. When Dedan would talk more about “superficial stuff” as technology, movies, and travels, as Win would say, Win himself was more focused on relationships, religion, spiritual and cultural conversation. I was lucky enough to join a trip to Bagan together with Dedan, Win, and Win´s family (Mother, Aunt, and two sisters). In Bagan, I shared the room with his mother and sister, none who spoke English. On this trip, I got the opportunity to spend an extended time with a local family, following a typical weekend-trip, including visits to different pagodas and temples where they included me in the rituals and the rest of the trip’s activities. In addition to my extended time spent with Thaung, Mimi, Pemala, Dedan, and Win, I have informants that were briefer encounters. These people will be introduced throughout the thesis and are teachers, students, people working with technology and/or have an interest in this sector. Most of my informants were not my close friends, and they did not often invite me to gatherings with their friends without me actively asking. I did, however, feel that they 31