<font color="#000000">hey ICD!<br><br>I have been following the list for a few months now. Trebor has asked that I introduce myself and in particular the areas of my research that intersect with education. <br><br></font><font color="#000000">I'm an ethnographer and</font><font color="#000000"> currently finishing my phd in Sociology at UC San Diego. </font><font color="#000000">I </font><font color="#000000">analyze how under-served populations appropriate, play, and interact with digital communication technology. I examine how cultural orientations influence technology use, regulation, and design. My research falls under the topic areas of urban computing, education, urban sociology, migration, digital geo-politics, and inequalities.</font><font color="#000000"><br>
<br></font><font color="#000000">For the last few years I've been researching technology use among youth and families in a migrant-sending village in rural Oaxaca, Mexico and with rural-urban migrants in China. I'll be moving back to China for one year on a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct the final stage of my fieldwork where I will be researching how migrant families use ICTs in urban areas. One of my primary interests is to explore educational experiences that migrant youth go through in quasi-legal to illegal migrant schools. I blog about my field notes and ongoing thoughts about my research on <a href="http://culturalbytes.com" target="_blank">http://culturalbytes.com</a>, and thoughts on urban computing at <a href="http://digitalurbanis.ms/" target="_blank">http://digitalurbanis.ms/</a>.<br>
my website is <a href="http://www.triciawang.com/" target="_blank">http://www.triciawang.com/</a>.<br><br>Prior to my academic turn, I was a hip-hop education advocate in NYC. I created conferences and trainings for educators across the country on best practices in utilizing hip-hop as a pedagogical tool.<br>
<br></font><font color="#000000">I'll be based in NYC this fall and moving to China in March. I would love to talk to anyone who is working on these topics!<br><br>
</font><font color="#000000">I'm excited to participate in the ICD community!<br>
</font><br><font color="#000000"><br>Thanks!<br>tricia<br clear="all">____________________<br>Tricia Wang/ÍõÊ¥½Ý<br><a href="http://www.triciawang.com">www.triciawang.com</a> | <a href="mailto:tw@triciawang.com">tw@triciawang.com</a> | mobile/ÊÖ »ú: +011 (918) YES-WANG<br>
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