gifts

I am fortunate enough to work with many talented PhD students, some of whom are able to look at the world of mobile with fresh eyes. In this case, Darryl Cressman is an oddity in this day and age: a student without a mobile phone. Perhaps that is why he is able to see things differently. Just returned from a conference in Europe, and impressed with some of the new mobile research he saw there, he prepared this short essay on the connection between mobile phones and the "gift" culture. Living, as we do, in a region with a long potlach tradition, perhaps this will sound familiar to some of you. Regardless, I hope you find it interesting.

Theorizing Cellular Use