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Information practices and urban spaces
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Information practices and urban spaces
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portraits of transnational newcomers
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Lingel
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Jessica
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1983-
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Jessica Lingel
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Christina
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Christina Dunbar-Hester
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Ingrid Erickson
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2013
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2013-10
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This dissertation takes a qualitative approach to investigating the inter-relatedness of urban space and socio-technical practices, drawing on the experiences of transnational newcomers in New York City. Accounts from 18 transnational newcomers, all of whom had arrived in New York within the past two years, form the core text of analysis. In contrast to research on transnational use of information and communication technologies that focuses on a single nationality, participants hailed from 18 different countries; they also ranged in age, profession, socio-economic background, and neighborhood in New York. The heterogeneity of participants allows for the identification of information and technological practices that emerged across these different facets of identity. Three qualitative research tools were deployed in this analysis: conversational interviews, participatory maps and walks through participants’ neighborhoods. Findings are divided into three chapters: information practices used to become familiar with city space, newcomer relationships to the city, and the link between technology and identity work. This research suggests implications for library and information science theory related to how “everyday life” is conceptualized, as well as the design of online maps and games related to urban space.
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Communication, Information and Library Studies
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vii, 195 p. : ill.
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Ph.D.
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by Jessica Lingel
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Immigrants--New York (State)--New York--Case studies
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Information resources
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Immigrants--New York (State)--New York--Social life and customs--21st century
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Public spaces--New York (State)--New York
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ETD doctoral
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Jessica
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2013-09-18 17:36:06
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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