Features

XXVI.1 January - February 2019
Page: 58
Digital Citation

The human infrastructure of El Paquete, Cuba’s offline internet


Authors:
Michaelanne Dye, David Nemer, Josiah Mangiameli, Amy Bruckman, Neha Kumar

In a small, bottom-floor apartment in the center of Havana, Cuba, a grandmother browses through rows of DVDs looking for educational content for her young granddaughter. At the restaurant next door, a flat-screen TV plays Cuban reggaeton videos as patrons sway their hips and tap their feet to the music. Two friends walk by, loudly discussing the latest Game of Thrones episode, trying to hear each other over the beat from the music videos. They are headed to a home nearby to purchase a smartphone that was advertised in an online classified ad. "I hope the phone is still…




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