Category Archives: publications

Update Summer 2021

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Jenna Burrell

**** I have been promoted to Full Professor. **** I am taking a position for the 2021-2022 academic year as Interim Director of Research at Data & Society. **** Please read my most recent publication: The Society of Algorithms (with … Continue reading →

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The Latest on Issues of Rural Communities in the Digital Economy

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Jenna Burrell

Published in 2020 in the ESTS journal (open access)! “On Half-Built Assemblages: Waiting for a Data Center in Prineville, Oregon.” Also a shorter blog post about this work and an even shorter piece on “are rural data center jobs good … Continue reading →

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EthnoZine January Edition

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Jenna Burrell

I produced this months EthnoZine for our Ethnography Matters group blog. It covers a satisfyingly eclectic range of topics including: the ethnography of robots, some thoughts on whether corporate ethnography sucks, and ideas about how to get a grasp on … Continue reading →

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‘Sakawa’ and Western Media Representations of Ghana

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Jenna Burrell

My comments on the recent media coverage on CNN of ‘sakawa’ (Internet scamming) in Ghana at the excellent blog – Africa is a Country. Also, while we’re at it, I thought Timothy Burke’s comments on his blog on how the … Continue reading →

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Out in STHV this month

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Jenna Burrell

My article titled “User Agency in the Middle Range: Rumors and the Reinvention of the Internet in Accra, Ghana” is in this months Science, Technology & Human Values, 36(2): 139-159. Abstract: This article is an analysis of rumors about Internet … Continue reading →

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article with Kentaro on the interdisciplinary space of ICTD

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Jenna Burrell

This months issue of the journal Information Technology and International Development contains an article I coauthored with Kentaro Toyama of Microsoft Research India. It is titled, ‘What Constitutes Good ICTD Research?.’ Find it here.

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Shared Access and Equality – forthcoming in JCMC

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Jenna Burrell

My article titled “Evaluating Shared Access: social equality and the circulation of mobile phones in rural Uganda” is now officially forthcoming in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. Abstract: This article examines forms of shared access to technology where some privileges … Continue reading →

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Fieldsite as a Network…in Vietnamese

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Jenna Burrell

My article titled “The Field Site as a Network: a strategy for locating ethnographic research” is being translated into Vietnamese by the Journal Donation Project which is based at The New School in NYC. This is the first time I’ve … Continue reading →

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What Constitutes Good ICTD Research?

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Jenna Burrell

I have an article coming out in the fall issue of ITID (Information Technology and International Development) Vol. 5, Issue 3 that I co-authored with Kentaro Toyama at Microsoft Research India. It is titled ‘What Constitutes Good ICTD Research?’ and represents … Continue reading →

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The Fieldsite as a Network

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Jenna Burrell

An article of mine just came out in the journal Field Methods. It deals with the logistical and epistemological challenges inherent in research that attempts to study phenomena that unfold on vast and unbounded spatial terrain. This includes work concerned with diasporic … Continue reading →

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