authoritative- and allocative power are then visible in this process. Authoritative power he refers to the government controlling what and who can enter and work in the country, opening and closing the borders, when the people have access, so on and so forth. Allocative power is then the companies controlling the devices sold and the software they are delivered with, at the end affecting the outcome and position of Zawgyi. These forms of power will be reproduced in cycles of structuration in which the participating actors (people using Zawgyi) will be as important as the dimensions of resources (the government and the companies) (Stones, 2005, pp. 73-74). This tells us that there is a form of structuration and different forms of power-levels traceable in Yangon today. Who Wants to Make the Change? It is now clear how Zawgyi holds its positions amongst users, and why. As mention earlier, there are people, like Chit, who wants to use Unicode. Who are these people? What is their motivation for using Unicode rather than Zawgyi? Win´s quote about the taste of a poem captures the essence of the frustration among most pro-Unicode people I talked to; the lack of experience, the closed off-ness, the anti-globalization politics from the government and all the technical and practical sides of the problem that have already been discussed. We also know that many people are not aware of or do not think about this issue at all. Nonetheless, many people from different backgrounds are waiting for a satisfying solution to make a change for everyone. The pro-Unicode group consists mostly of people like Win, educated persons that work offshore, or Chit who attends a business school or Thura, who is educated within technology and innovation. Several examples could have been mentioned, with these common character traits. There seems to be a link between higher education and the wish to make a change to Unicode. Most of my contacts who already communicate with foreigners, like myself, see the benefits of using Unicode and how it would simplify processes in everyday life as well as in working life. This includes people working within development, particularly technological development like programmers and/or people who have a specific interest in technology, like my friend Dedan. Through conversations, my impression is that most local Figure V – Conversation with Win, April 2019 59

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