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Spinning Gold from the Void: An Ethnography of Information Brokering and Aspiration in Honduras
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Spinning Gold from the Void: An Ethnography of Information Brokering and Aspiration in Honduras

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자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20260202105228
ISBN  
9798291566893
DDC  
300
저자명  
Darling, Sylvia.
서명/저자  
Spinning Gold from the Void: An Ethnography of Information Brokering and Aspiration in Honduras
발행사항  
[Sl] : University of Michigan, 2025
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
형태사항  
180 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-03, Section: A.
주기사항  
Advisor: Toyama, Kentaro.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2025.
초록/해제  
요약What drives people to pursue their aspirations when gainful jobs are scarce, institutions struggle to support their constituents, and migration presents both perils and possibilities? Through 21 months of ethnographic fieldwork spanning September 2021 to June 2023 in Honduras, I theorize information brokering, a process by which individuals stash, calculate, spin, and circulate information to advance their aspirations amid extreme precarity. I focus on how brokering is taken up by three Hondurans: a desperate migrant fleeing cartel violence, a politician torn between public duty and the desire to reunite with family who migrated to the United States, and the president of a street vendor union advocating for labor rights where they barely exist.Though they come from different walks of life, the three "brokers" partake in information practices as a unique expression of agency that emerges in high-stakes situations. Through stashing, brokers strategically position themselves in the streets and municipal venues to stockpile information from all corners of their social worlds, such as grassroots intel about migratory dynamics unfolding in real-time and eavesdropping on conversations about exit strategies. They calculate risk-benefit ratios that test whether sources can be trusted, evaluating whether they can quickly adapt information to suit their evolving needs. Most strikingly, their spinning transforms what appears to be irrelevant fragments of information into knowledge that far exceeds the value of its original parts, which they then circulate to create conditions that expand what becomes possible in their aspirational pursuits.In exploring the brokering narrative of these protagonists, this dissertation demonstrates how, although information brokering does not guarantee success, it improves their odds of advancing toward their goals in ways that would remain virtually impossible through other means. The brokering I witnessed defies conventional portrayals of marginalized people in information studies and migration contexts as reactionary actors-disgruntled, untrusting, yet still acquiescent to the "push" of unjust forces (Chatman, 1996; Massey et al., 1993). Instead, brokers are motivated by the pull of their aspirations: pursuing dignity and safety on their terms, reconciling family cohesion with public service, and creating visions of rootedness that foster economic stability for all.
일반주제명  
Latin American studies
일반주제명  
Information science
일반주제명  
Political science
일반주제명  
Public policy
키워드  
Information brokering
키워드  
Aspiration
키워드  
Migration
키워드  
Rootedness
키워드  
Honduras
키워드  
Information poverty
기타저자  
University of Michigan Information
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-03A.
전자적 위치 및 접속  
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