Caroline Wamala Larsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 152767 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caroline Wamala Larsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caroline Wamala |
| FAMILY NAME | Larsson |
| SIGNATURE | LARSSON C W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Speaking back to the divide
Drawing on the Ask Viamo Anything (AVA) Pilot in Zambia, a voice-first generative AI integrated into mobile phones, this article examines how mobile AI platforms reassemble the gendered digital divide. Through a feminist technology studies and feminist data justice lens, it argues that systems like AVA embody both empowerment and constraint: they enable women and youth to engage in private, trusted, voice-based communication while simultaneously …
Mobile phones in the transformation of the informal economy
This research project is situated within the area mobile technologies for development (M4D), i.e. that mobile communication technologies play a vital role in the livelihood of people in developing regions. Out of a larger explorative study of how market women in Kampala use their mobile phone(s), this article focuses on the transformation of the so-called informal economy, here in the form of Kampala street markets. Departing from stories of the …
Situated empowerment
In this article we depart from studies on empowerment and its intersections with the informal economy and market women in the Global South and promises of the mobile phone in so-called developing regions. Conducting an explorative study among market women in Kampala, the aim is to examine what roles (if any) the mobile phone plays for them in terms of empowerment. Our findings resonate with studies from other parts of the world, suggesting that w…
Mobile phones in the transformation of the informal economy
This research project is situated within the area mobile technologies for development (M4D), i.e. that mobile communication technologies play a vital role in the livelihood of people in developing regions. Out of a larger explorative study of how market women in Kampala use their mobile phone(s), this article focuses on the transformation of the so-called informal economy, here in the form of Kampala street markets. Departing from stories of the …
Situated empowerment
In this article we depart from studies on empowerment and its intersections with the informal economy and market women in the Global South and promises of the mobile phone in so-called developing regions. Conducting an explorative study among market women in Kampala, the aim is to examine what roles (if any) the mobile phone plays for them in terms of empowerment. Our findings resonate with studies from other parts of the world, suggesting that w…
Situated empowerment
In this article we depart from studies on empowerment and its intersections with the informal economy and market women in the Global South and promises of the mobile phone in so-called developing regions. Conducting an explorative study among market women in Kampala, the aim is to examine what roles (if any) the mobile phone plays for them in terms of empowerment. Our findings resonate with studies from other parts of the world, suggesting that w…
Mobile phones in the transformation of the informal economy
This research project is situated within the area mobile technologies for development (M4D), i.e. that mobile communication technologies play a vital role in the livelihood of people in developing regions. Out of a larger explorative study of how market women in Kampala use their mobile phone(s), this article focuses on the transformation of the so-called informal economy, here in the form of Kampala street markets. Departing from stories of the …
Speaking back to the divide
Drawing on the Ask Viamo Anything (AVA) Pilot in Zambia, a voice-first generative AI integrated into mobile phones, this article examines how mobile AI platforms reassemble the gendered digital divide. Through a feminist technology studies and feminist data justice lens, it argues that systems like AVA embody both empowerment and constraint: they enable women and youth to engage in private, trusted, voice-based communication while simultaneously …
ICT in Developing Communities (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Empowerment (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · ICT Impact and Policies (2 works) · Mobile computing (2 works) · Mobile phone (2 works)