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- E-Mail:
- ssr@laneta.apc.org
- Website:
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- Interests:
- Development, ICT4D, Internet, Community/municipal broadband
- Discipline(s)
- Anthropology
- Role(s):
- Researcher
- Location(s) of Work:
- Central America, Mexico
Current Institutional Affiliation(s)
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Departamento de Antropologia (Department of Anthropology)
División de Estudios Sociales y HumanidadesUniversidad Autonoma MetropolitanaMéxico, D.F., Distrito Federal, MexicoProfessor
Biography
A social anthropologist and documentary film producer based in Mexico. He teaches at the Universidad Metropolitana (UAM), Iztapalapa campus, Mexico DF, where he has been a member of the Anthropology faculty since 1983. Prior to that he spent ten years as a free lance producer of documentary films. Since returning to academia, Robinson has studied issues of involuntary resettlement and, more recently, political participation in native communities at the edge of Mexico City. In 1994, he coordinated the creation of the Red de Información Rural, an Internet website designed to facilitate information access for small producer organizations throughout Mexico. This endeavor led to offering public access to the Internet in public libraries and other cultural institutions in the state of Michoacán, Mexico.
Publications and Resources
Working Papers
- Scott S. Robinson. Reflections on the Rural Innovation Institute. 2003.
- Scott S. Robinson. Towards a Neoapartheid System of Governance with IT Tools.
- Scott S. Robinson. The Potential Role of IT in International Remittance Transfers?.
Reports
- Scott S. Robinson. After Calculating Opportunity Costs, the Remittance Development Fund.