Christiane Berth
Biographic Data
| ID | 1466828 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christiane Berth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christiane |
| FAMILY NAME | Berth |
| SIGNATURE | BERTH C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Bern, Historisches Institut, Länggassstrasse 49, 3000 Bern, Schweiz |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6310-6609 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Telecommunications in Times of Disasters
This article compares the co-construction of telecommunication and crisis during the two Mexican earthquakes of 1985 and 2017. Overall, the disasters made existing deficiencies in access to landline telephones and to the internet more visible. In that sense, the quakes can be considered moments of tele(crisis) in Mexico. In both cases, the disasters provoked reflections on broader political and economic problems in Mexican society, such as social…
Interrupted Conversations
The telephone was a source of disorder in mid-twentieth-century Mexico. Although often viewed as a ubiquitous part of modern life, the development of the telephone provoked public discontent, led to strained social relations, and dictated new communication norms. State and commercial firms aimed to associate the telephone with a modern, connected society's ideals and assurances. When firms failed to deliver on their promise of efficient communica…
Connected
Reviewed by: Connected: How a Mexican Village Built Its Own Cell Phone Network by Roberto J. González Christiane Berth (bio) Connected: How a Mexican Village Built Its Own Cell Phone Network By Roberto J. González. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2020. Pp. 274. Access to the technologies of communication was a key challenge for society throughout the twentieth century. People used telegrams, landline phones, emails, or cell phones for l…
Fear, Curiosity and New Social Rules
Dialogues
Towards a telephonic history of technology
This special issue aims to start a new phase in the historiography of the telephone. This medium has been approached narrowly both by scholars in media studies and technology1 and, when studied, ma
Wissenstransfer, Experten und ihre Handlungsspielräume am Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá (Incap), 1961-1982
In the history of development there has been a tendency to attribute developmental initiatives to coordinating centres in the global north and view countries in the south as recipients, a phenomenon that continues to the present day. The Central American Nutrition Institute (INCAP) is by contrast an example of a regional institution that not only generated a considerable body of knowledge concerning the nutritional state of the region and policy …
Kaffeewelten
Kaffee war im 20. Jahrhundert wichtige Handelsware und heisgeliebtes Konsumgut. Der Sammelband beleuchtet Zusammenhange und Widerspruche entlang der globalen Warenkette von Produktion, Handel und Konsum. Indigene Erntearbeiter in Mexiko, costaricanische Kleinbauern, Hamburger Importhandler, Roster, Konsumenten und Fair-Trade-Aktivisten stehen als historische Akteure im Zentrum. Geographisch erstreckt sich die Reichweite von Zentralamerika uber Ha…
Las Políticas De Alimentación Y De Consumo en Nicaragua, 1965-1995
The article analyses the most significant public debates related with food policy and consumption in Nicaragua. It focuses on three specific moments of Nicaraguan history: First, the period of the Somoza dictatorship, second the Sandinista revolution and third the neoliberal government of President Violeta Chamorro. In general, this paper reviews the perspectives of three groups: Nicaraguan governmental institutions and politicians, international…
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Kaffeewelten
Kaffee war im 20. Jahrhundert wichtige Handelsware und heisgeliebtes Konsumgut. Der Sammelband beleuchtet Zusammenhange und Widerspruche entlang der globalen Warenkette von Produktion, Handel und Konsum. Indigene Erntearbeiter in Mexiko, costaricanische Kleinbauern, Hamburger Importhandler, Roster, Konsumenten und Fair-Trade-Aktivisten stehen als historische Akteure im Zentrum. Geographisch erstreckt sich die Reichweite von Zentralamerika uber Ha…
Las Políticas De Alimentación Y De Consumo en Nicaragua, 1965-1995
The article analyses the most significant public debates related with food policy and consumption in Nicaragua. It focuses on three specific moments of Nicaraguan history: First, the period of the Somoza dictatorship, second the Sandinista revolution and third the neoliberal government of President Violeta Chamorro. In general, this paper reviews the perspectives of three groups: Nicaraguan governmental institutions and politicians, international…
Wissenstransfer, Experten und ihre Handlungsspielräume am Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá (Incap), 1961-1982
In the history of development there has been a tendency to attribute developmental initiatives to coordinating centres in the global north and view countries in the south as recipients, a phenomenon that continues to the present day. The Central American Nutrition Institute (INCAP) is by contrast an example of a regional institution that not only generated a considerable body of knowledge concerning the nutritional state of the region and policy …
Towards a telephonic history of technology
This special issue aims to start a new phase in the historiography of the telephone. This medium has been approached narrowly both by scholars in media studies and technology1 and, when studied, ma
Fear, Curiosity and New Social Rules
Dialogues
Connected
Reviewed by: Connected: How a Mexican Village Built Its Own Cell Phone Network by Roberto J. González Christiane Berth (bio) Connected: How a Mexican Village Built Its Own Cell Phone Network By Roberto J. González. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2020. Pp. 274. Access to the technologies of communication was a key challenge for society throughout the twentieth century. People used telegrams, landline phones, emails, or cell phones for l…
Interrupted Conversations
The telephone was a source of disorder in mid-twentieth-century Mexico. Although often viewed as a ubiquitous part of modern life, the development of the telephone provoked public discontent, led to strained social relations, and dictated new communication norms. State and commercial firms aimed to associate the telephone with a modern, connected society's ideals and assurances. When firms failed to deliver on their promise of efficient communica…
Telecommunications in Times of Disasters
This article compares the co-construction of telecommunication and crisis during the two Mexican earthquakes of 1985 and 2017. Overall, the disasters made existing deficiencies in access to landline telephones and to the internet more visible. In that sense, the quakes can be considered moments of tele(crisis) in Mexico. In both cases, the disasters provoked reflections on broader political and economic problems in Mexican society, such as social…
Political science (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Law (4 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · History of technology (2 works) · Landline (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Media, Communication, and Education (2 works) · Phone (2 works)