Mobile Africa Revisited Conference and Keynote

by Heather Horst February 20, 2013 Anthropology

Last week I had the privilege of giving a keynote for the Mobile Africa Revisited project at the African Studies Centre, University of Leiden in the Netherlands. The culmination of a four year study by Mirjam de Bruijn, Inge Brinkman and Francis Nyamnjoh, the conference theme was focused upon “Control and navigation: People searching to [...]

Tagged as: Africa, Angola, Cameroon, mobile media, mobile phones, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa

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Mobile Media and Communication

by Heather Horst February 1, 2013 Publications

I am very pleased to announce that I am on the editorial board of a brand new journal, Mobile Media & Communication. Edited by Steve Jones, Veronika Karnowski, Richard Ling, and Thilo von Pape, the journal is focused upon the international and interdisciplinary nature of the growing field of mobile media and communication through qualitative [...]

Tagged as: communication, journal, mobile communication, mobile media, Mobile Media and Communication, telecommunications

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Media International Australia Special Issue on Ethnography

by Heather Horst January 20, 2013 Ethnography

In November our special issue of Media International Australia was published. Bringing together scholars in cultural studies, media studies, anthropology and the culture industries, the special issue reflects upon the contemporary practice of ethnography across a range of contexts. Our introduction – which Sue at MIA has graciously agreed to make available online here – [...]

Tagged as: cameraphones, China, cultural studies, digital anthropology, digital ethnography, Media International Australia, media studies, photography, social media

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Latest Book: Digital Anthropology

by Heather Horst December 11, 2012 Anthropology

I’m excited to announce that Digital Anthropology is now available with Berg Publications (now Bloomsbury) in an affordable paperback and e-reader version.  Bringing together key scholars working at the forefront of digital anthropology, the edited volume returns us to the fundamental question of anthropology – what it means to be human. After the introductory chapter [...]

Tagged as: design, digital anthropology, digital media, human, place, politics, sociality

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Mobilising Media for Sustainable Outcomes in the Pacific Region

by Heather Horst October 10, 2012 Research

We were absolutely delighted to hear that we received funding from the Australian Research Council (Linkage Project) for a three-year project that explores the role of media (including new media) in communication for development initiatives. Through a partnership between RMIT University (Heather Horst and Jo Tacchi) and  ABC International Development (Domenic Friguglietti), the aim of [...]

Tagged as: C4D, communicative ecologies, design, development, evaluation, media, mobile media

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The PACMAS Baseline Study

by Heather Horst September 10, 2012 Anthropology

I recently began working with Professor Jo Tacchi at RMIT University (Australia), Dr Verena Thomas and Joys Eggins at the Centre for Social and Creative Media at the University of Goroka (Papua New Guinea) and Associate Professor Evangelia Papoutsaki at UNITEC (New Zealand) on the PACMAS Baseline Study. We kicked off the project through our [...]

Tagged as: C4D, Centre for Social and Creative Media, communication, Cook Islands, development, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Goroka, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Pacific, PACMAS, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.

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Joining RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia

by Heather Horst June 10, 2012 Publications

I joined the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia as a Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow in September 2011. It’s an absolutely fantastic position where, over the next few years, I will be able to explore the possibilities of digital ethnography in a wonderful, interdisciplinary environment with colleagues involved in [...]

Tagged as: Caribbean, digital ethnography, mobile media, Pacific, RMIT, telecommunications

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Mobile Communication in the Global South, Special Issue of New Media and Society

by Heather Horst June 15, 2011 Publications

I am very pleased to announce our special issue of New Media and Society on Mobile Communication in the Global South. Co-edited with mobile communication scholar Rich Ling, the special issue features state of the art research on mobile communication on social networks, appropriation, language and literacy, relationships and gender in a range of contexts.  [...]

Tagged as: appropriation, Brazil, China, Filipinas, gender, Ghana, global south, India, Indonesia, literacy, mobile communication, Mozambique, parenting, Rich Ling, Senegal

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New Media in International Contexts Article and Special Section

by Heather Horst April 15, 2011 Publications

Our special section, New Media in International Contexts, has now been published in International Journal of Communication (IJOC). Featuring articles by Cara Wallis on China, Araba Sey on Ghana, HyeRyoung Ok on South Korea, Anke Schwittay on India and my own article on Brazil, the special section of IJOC looks at the ways in which [...]

Tagged as: Brazil, China, Ghana, India, International Journal of Communication, nation, new media, South Korea

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Money, Mobility and Migration in Haiti Project

by Heather Horst February 15, 2011 Anthropology

Just over a year ago Erin Taylor and I began working on a new research project focused upon money, migration and mobile phones on the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic funded by the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion. Excited by the prospect of conducting new research, Erin and I exchanged emails [...]

Tagged as: Dominican Republic, Erin Taylor, Espelencia Baptiste, Haiti, IMTFI, migration, mobile phones, money

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