Connected

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Move over Silicon Valley! Connected demonstrates beyond a doubt how indigenous innovation stretches from early Zapotec science to modern communications systems. And like the stories of Silicon Valley innovation, it is complex. Using the story of Talea de Castro’s adoption of an autonomous community-funded cell phone network that initially flourished and then tanked in competition with a commercial cell phone provider, González explores the contradictions of connectedness, innovation, and entrepreneurship from within an indigenous frame and outside of it. A delightful read, Connected suggests that for everyone our connectivity is still a work in progress. A terrific book to teach with!"––Lynn Stephen, author of We are the Face of Oaxaca: Testimony and Social Movements “Connected is an excellent book about enabling autonomy through technology which takes place in the magical and complex world that is rural Oaxaca. González frames the story within a broader historical and anthropological context and takes the reader on a very interesting journey. Highly recommended!" ––Lila Downs, singer, songwriter, and anthropologist "This highly readable and innovative monograph makes inestimable contributions to the social anthropology of Mexico.  With dramatic detail, the author chronicles how cellphone technology became introduced and widely accepted within a small Oaxacan town. Connected is an important work that transforms familiar images of rural Latin America. Cutting across many disciplines, this work is essential for any undergraduate reading list." ––Stanley H. Brandes, author of Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead: The Day of the Dead in Mexico and Beyond "Connected is an original and engagingly written study of how indigenous Zapotec residents of Oaxaca’s remote Sierra Norte endeavored to create a grassroots cellular network that linked themselves with one another across rugged geography and with relatives far-flung by immigration. With great nuance and sensitivity, González shows how becoming connected catalyzed generational conflict, struggles between community members and corporations, and questions about the legitimacy of local authority and institutions. The unanticipated and morally ambiguous outcomes make Connected vital for understanding our interconnected, globalized world."––Yanna Yannakakis, author of The Art of Being In-Between: Native Intermediaries, Indian Identity, and Local Rule in Colonial Oaxaca "Connected captures how Taleans adapt, respond and appropriate the tools of technological change in a way that celebrates their indigeneity. I don't usually think of ethnographies as "page turners, " but González has done an excellent job. He tells an important story and gives us a book that will find a home in many classrooms."  ––Jeffrey H. Cohen, author of Eating Soup without a Spoon: Anthropological Theory and Method in the Real World