Knock Twice

Most of the world’s developing countries are struggling to close the digital divide. As October 18th article in The Economist points out, the Internet is particularly bad in Africa, where”only 4% of Africans have access to the Internet. They pay the most in the world, around $250-300 a month, for the slowest connection speeds.” Coupled […]

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When I first started listening to This American Life six or seven years ago, I was studying filmmaking and creative writing in Boston. My friends and I were living in an apartment on Beacon Hill, an ancient dusty part of town powered by natural gas street lamps and historical preservation, where we fit awkwardly in […]

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This is my Statement of Proposed Study, as it was sent to Fulbright. I have officially applied.
I propose to investigate the ways in which communities with local area wireless networks socialize around digital media, with an emphasis on understanding how these communities are using their networks to develop digital literacy. Using an existing local network […]

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