integral process of the research this data is as much real data as the conversations with my primary informants (NESH, 2016, p. 10). Gaining Access As a result of my limited Burmese skills, all of my informants can communicate with a decent level of English. Some better than others, but still without notable struggles that made it possible to have a natural and flowing conversation. This means, however, that my field site, as well as geographically limited to Yangon, is limited to persons with decent English skills. As mentioned earlier, I am not able to represent those I cannot communicate with as primary informants, but rather through secondary information and interpretations. During my fieldwork, I never gained access to one particular group of people, or as first planned, particular street or stores that specialize in cellphones. As my interest initially was the technology of the smartphone itself and how these were used, main streets or stores felt like the right place to start. Both my language limitation and their lack of interest in me hanging out with them made this extremely challenging, and I soon realized that I needed to think in alternative ways to gain access. The new strategy was to actively search for people of interest in bars, cafés, through other people I had met on different occasions and attended different activities, events, and walks. This strategy was more successful as I became acquainted with several people from different parts of Yangon with different backgrounds. A genuine interest for the meeting between technology, people, and society was the foundation for this fieldwork, as I had already written my bachelor essay on communication through social media. It was therefore natural that I would meet other people with a similar interest in technology and social media, and that conversation would be more naturally connected to my work rather than with other people I would meet. Halfway through the fieldwork, I rented a desk in an open space office to work more efficiently. This desk was, not by coincidence, rented out by a company working with start-ups in the technology sector. This position gave me an insight into what was evolving in Yangon and furthermore, easier access and information on different events and people. As a result of my interests, how and where I met people that I connected with, most of my informants have a particular interest in technology, smartphones and or social media, and therefore they would often have more extensive knowledge regarding the topic than most people in Yangon. 27