Spatial justice, mobile futures and First Nations telecommunications landscapes in regional and rural Australia
In an Australian regional and rural context, inequalities in the location of telecommunications infrastructure and uneven development pose urgent spatial justice questions for policy and planning. These spatial injustices are reinforced by the imaginaries and ideologies of telecommunications develop...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1329878x231199331 2024-04-28T08:18:56+00:00 Spatial justice, mobile futures and First Nations telecommunications landscapes in regional and rural Australia Randell-Moon, Holly Eva Katherine Hynes, Danielle Australian Communications Consumer Action Network 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878x231199331 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1329878X231199331 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1329878X231199331 en eng SAGE Publications https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Media International Australia volume 190, issue 1, page 85-99 ISSN 1329-878X 2200-467X Communication Cultural Studies journal-article 2023 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878x231199331 2024-04-02T08:16:06Z In an Australian regional and rural context, inequalities in the location of telecommunications infrastructure and uneven development pose urgent spatial justice questions for policy and planning. These spatial injustices are reinforced by the imaginaries and ideologies of telecommunications development and which populations and locations can benefit from the growth gains attributed to enhanced telecommunications infrastructures. First Nations contributions to telecommunications planning and development are marginalised within the imagined futures and current experiences of internet and mobile coverage in regional and rural towns. Drawing on data from a project focused on regional and rural consumer understandings of smart technologies in North West New South Wales, Australia, we suggest that in order to more substantively position First Nations as growth contributors to telecommunications futures, a re-orientation of place, connectivity, and mobility in planning and engagement is necessary. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations SAGE Publications Media International Australia 190 1 85 99 |
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In an Australian regional and rural context, inequalities in the location of telecommunications infrastructure and uneven development pose urgent spatial justice questions for policy and planning. These spatial injustices are reinforced by the imaginaries and ideologies of telecommunications development and which populations and locations can benefit from the growth gains attributed to enhanced telecommunications infrastructures. First Nations contributions to telecommunications planning and development are marginalised within the imagined futures and current experiences of internet and mobile coverage in regional and rural towns. Drawing on data from a project focused on regional and rural consumer understandings of smart technologies in North West New South Wales, Australia, we suggest that in order to more substantively position First Nations as growth contributors to telecommunications futures, a re-orientation of place, connectivity, and mobility in planning and engagement is necessary. |
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Spatial justice, mobile futures and First Nations telecommunications landscapes in regional and rural Australia |
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Spatial justice, mobile futures and First Nations telecommunications landscapes in regional and rural Australia |
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Spatial justice, mobile futures and First Nations telecommunications landscapes in regional and rural Australia |
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