The dire state of Cuban internet connectivity has inspired local informal innovations. One such innovation is El Paquete, a weekly distribution of downloaded content spread through an informal network. Taking a postcolonial approach, I investigate through user experiences how this network operates in a resource-poor environment. This investigation articulates a model of El Paquete centered on social interactions, which inform the system’s function but also shape El Paquete’s design and role in society. Based on this model, a set of speculative design exercises probe possibilities to streamline El Paquete’s compilation, involve consumer preferences in its design directions, or act as a disruption tolerant network. In uncovering the technical...
Mediatic gambiarras are alternative and improvised forms of media consumption. They emerge in advers...
Mediatic gambiarras are alternative and improvised forms of media consumption. They emerge in advers...
UnrestrictedIn this dissertation I argue that the profound crisis, known as the "Special Period" fac...
The dire state of Cuban internet connectivity has inspired local informal innovations. One such inno...
The dire state of Cuban internet connectivity has inspired local informal innovations. One such inno...
This lecture will explore the digital phenomenon of El Paquete Semanal, or the Weekly Package, a n...
Mediatic gambiarras are alternative and improvised forms of media consumption. They emerge in advers...
Cuba's peer-to-peer digital file sharing network el paquete (the package) has gained global attentio...
Since 1959, the Cuban people have been deprived of consumer products common elsewhere due to the pol...
My dissertation, “Lo Encontré en El Paquete,” considers digital piracy’s role in providing equitable...
Despite the Cuban government’s resistance to recognize legal independent status for Cuban audiovisua...
“An important contribution to the study of the Cuban media landscape. Cuba’s Digital Revolution exam...
This article explores political potentiality of online civic conversation for the constitution of al...
For several years Cuba's paquete has attracted international attention for its ability to procure an...
Mediatic gambiarras are alternative and improvised forms of media consumption. They emerge in advers...
Mediatic gambiarras are alternative and improvised forms of media consumption. They emerge in advers...
Mediatic gambiarras are alternative and improvised forms of media consumption. They emerge in advers...
UnrestrictedIn this dissertation I argue that the profound crisis, known as the "Special Period" fac...
The dire state of Cuban internet connectivity has inspired local informal innovations. One such inno...
The dire state of Cuban internet connectivity has inspired local informal innovations. One such inno...
This lecture will explore the digital phenomenon of El Paquete Semanal, or the Weekly Package, a n...
Mediatic gambiarras are alternative and improvised forms of media consumption. They emerge in advers...
Cuba's peer-to-peer digital file sharing network el paquete (the package) has gained global attentio...
Since 1959, the Cuban people have been deprived of consumer products common elsewhere due to the pol...
My dissertation, “Lo Encontré en El Paquete,” considers digital piracy’s role in providing equitable...
Despite the Cuban government’s resistance to recognize legal independent status for Cuban audiovisua...
“An important contribution to the study of the Cuban media landscape. Cuba’s Digital Revolution exam...
This article explores political potentiality of online civic conversation for the constitution of al...
For several years Cuba's paquete has attracted international attention for its ability to procure an...
Mediatic gambiarras are alternative and improvised forms of media consumption. They emerge in advers...
Mediatic gambiarras are alternative and improvised forms of media consumption. They emerge in advers...
Mediatic gambiarras are alternative and improvised forms of media consumption. They emerge in advers...
UnrestrictedIn this dissertation I argue that the profound crisis, known as the "Special Period" fac...