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TheCellPhone AndItsTechnosocialSitesofEngagement

AmberCase@caseorganic

 AThesisSubmittedinPartialFulfillmentofaDegreeinSociology/Anthropology,Lewis&ClarkCollegeDecember17,2007 Advisor:Prof.DeborahHeath

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Acknowledgements:

I’dliketothankmyparentsforsupportingmyeducation,artisticwork,andgenerallife.Iwanttothankmymomforteachingmehowtoread,andmydadforintroducingmetocomputingtechnologyatayoungage.IwouldalsoliketothankmythesisadvisorDeborahHeathforawakeningmetoaworldoftheoreticalresourcesthatlogarithmicallyexpandedmyhorizons.IwasfirstintroducedtoDr.HeathwhenshegaveaspeechonCyborgAnthropologyduringtheLewis&ClarkCollege’sSpring 2005PhilosophyExtravaganza.AtthattimeIhadnoideathatthestudyofcyborgsexisted,butIrememberreadingalotofsciencefictionbookswhenIwasyounger,andCyborgAnthropologywastherealworldmanifestationofthequestionsthatsciencefictionposed.DeborahHeathhelpedmetorealizethateveryfuturistideaIhadwasprobablydiscussedbyDonnaHaraway,SandyStone,orsomepostmodernanalystexaminingthephenomenologyoflivingwithindustryandtechnologicaldevelopment.