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Privacy versus relatedness: managing device use in Australia's remote Aboriginal communities
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posted on 2018-01-01, 00:00 authored by Ellie Rennie, Tyson YunkaportaTyson Yunkaporta, Indigo Holcombe-JamesAboriginal Australians living in remote communities are likely to be “mobile only” users. The sharing of devices among kin is common and linked to demand sharing practices that stretch back to presettler times. While sharing can produce benefits (acting as a form of insurance), it can also lead to privacy-related problems among this group, including illicit use of banking and social media accounts via shared devices. In this article, we examine the ways in which the aspect of Aboriginal sociality known as relatedness is interacting with online privacy frameworks designed for individual device use and device management. The findings suggest that the sociotechnical frameworks of platforms and devices do not accord with cultural dynamics, including obligations to others. Moreover, efforts by individuals and Elders to avoid privacy-related problems are leading to digital exclusion in various forms, from the deliberate destruction of devices to whole communities opting out of mobile infrastructure.
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International journal of communicationVolume
12Pagination
1291 - 1309Publisher
University of Southern California's Annenberg Center for CommunicationLocation
Los Angeles, Calif.Link to full text
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1932-8036Indigenous content
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EnglishPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2018, Ellie Rennie, Tyson Yunkaporta, and Indigo Holcombe-JamesUsage metrics
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