Consumer resilience and subservience in technology consumption by the poor

Consumer technology theorists have explored technology consumption primarily through a de-linked, individualistic lens. We augment existing theories on technology consumption by widening the scope of the theorizing lens to include the role of class-based societal domination on consumption by the oppressed. We show that the poor respond to oppression by practices that go beyond non-compliance and subterfuge. We highlight the overlooked phenomenon of Consumer Resilience, and unveil the practices of Subservience in technology consumption by the poor in India. These are consumption practices that help the dominated classes appease those dominating them, at the expense of their own dignity and well-being

Consumption (sociology · Dignity · Economics · Individualism · Market economy · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Production (economics · Resilience (materials science · Scope (computer science · Social science · Sociology · Sustainable consumption · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Law · Social and Economic Development in India

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