A terrestrial Internet from the quilombos: the transatlantic evolution of baobab from colonial to digital capitalism
Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this article examines the origin and development of “Baobáxia,” a digital network for sharing community-produced content. Baobaxia emerged in “quilombos” (communities of run-away slaves’ descendents) in Brazil in the early 2000s and expanded to other marginalized gro...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2022-05-01
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| Series: | Tapuya |
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| Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/25729861.2022.2037818 |