LGBT+ Youth and Emerging Technologies in Southeast Asia: Designing for Wellbeing

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Abstract

This book investigates the ways in which emerging digital technologies are shaping and changing the worlds of sexuality and gender diverse youth in Southeast Asia. Primarily focused on the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia, the book examines the potential of digital technologies to enhance wellbeing in and across these contexts. Drawing on multi-site ethnographic field research, interviews, survey data, and online content analysis, the book examines the design and use of websites and content by and for LGBT+ youth. The book innovatively interrogates the design of transnational digital wellbeing initiatives alongside the digital practices of those whom the technologies are designed for. It illustrates not only the (im)possibilities of technological design but also the capacity for design to participate in what Hanckel calls ‘(trans)national digital wellbeing’ processes. He asks us to consider the ways that global technologies are contextual—a paradox that is explored throughout the book. The analysis extends important discussions in youth research, contributing to a greater understanding of how LGBT+ youth are engaging new technologies to participate in identity-making, health and wellbeing, as well as political action.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationSingapore
PublisherSpringer
Number of pages158
ISBN (Print)9789819943937
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

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