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Assa Doron
Researcher at Australian National University
Publications - 49
Citations - 677
Assa Doron is an academic researcher from Australian National University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mobile phone & Phone. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 47 publications receiving 547 citations. Previous affiliations of Assa Doron include National University of Singapore & La Trobe University.
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The inequalities of medical pluralism: Hierarchies of health, the politics of tradition and the economies of care in Indian oncology
TL;DR: It is concluded that notions of pluralism, so often espoused by global health organisations, may conceal important forms of social inequality and cultural divides, and that sociologists should play a critical role in highlighting these issues.
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The Great Indian Phone Book: How the Cheap Cell Phone Changes Business, Politics, and Daily Life
Assa Doron,Robin Jeffrey +1 more
TL;DR: The Great Indian Phone Book as mentioned in this paper investigates the social revolution ignited by what may be the most significant communications device in history, one which has disrupted more people and relationships than the printing press, wristwatch, automobile, or railways, though it has qualities of all four.
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The cultural politics of shit: class, gender and public space in India
Assa Doron,Ira Raja +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the cultural, political and economic conditions that generate the crisis of sanitation in India, with its severe implications for the poor and the marginalized, are examined and the key question is how to interpret and explain the spectre of open defecation.
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Mobile Persons: Cell phones, Gender and the Self in North India
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyse the varied ways mobile phones are integrated into the daily lives of low-income people and the implications for courtship practices, marriage relations and kinship ties.
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The Rise of Cancer in Urban India: Cultural Understandings, Structural Inequalities and the Emergence of the Clinic
Alex Broom,Assa Doron +1 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that without a greater understanding of social and cultural issues shaping cancer care in India, little progress will be made in coping with a disease that is set to become a major burden within an increasingly prosperous and ageing population.