Mary Claire Aguilar Barela

Trust and Technology Repair Infrastructures in the Remote Rural Philippines: Navigating Urban-Rural Seams

This paper analyzes the processes and challenges of technology repair in remote, low-income areas far from standard ICT repair infrastructure. Our sites of study are the fishing and farming villages of Dibut, Diotorin, and Dikapinisan in Aurora Province, Philippines, located in coastal coves against a mountain range.…