TY -  JOUR
PY -  2019
SN -  1972-554X
T1 -  Sense-making of digital money among female peripheral agents: a short ethnographic study of informal workers in North India
JO -  SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO 
DA -  9/15/2019 12:00:00 AM
DO -  10.3280/SL2019-154004
UR -  http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/Scheda_rivista.aspx?idArticolo=64469
AU -  Chakraborty, Anwesha
AU -  Sarah Sam, Jillet
SP -  60
EP -  78
IS -  154
VL -  
LA -  EN
AB -  This essay compares how digital money is conceptualized by the government with sense-making and practices among women workers in North India. The government promotes and envisions a future with large sections of the population within the fold of ‘Digital India’. The policy rhetoric emphasizes capacity building, both in terms of improving infrastructure and training. However, in its positive narratives, the inclusion of peripherals in the government of the digital economy. Further, through focus group discussions and interviews carried out with women working at the intersection of formal and informal economy.
PB -  FrancoAngeli
ER -