Cybersex in the Anti-Development State: Labor Politics and Life Histories
by Ms. Elinor May Cruz (the Philippines)
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Prior to my appointment as research associate, I have served as a research assistant at the University of the Philippines Third World Studies Center. I am an associate editor of Kasarinlan, the Center’s internationally refereed journal and program coordinator for the Center’s Training and Advocacy program and Visiting Research Fellowship program. I earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Research from the College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines-Diliman, and now taking up a Master’s Degree in Sociology at the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy in the same university. I am a member of the Philippine Sociological Society and Philippine Political Science Association. I was also part of the 2009 Internship Programme at Focus on the Global South Philippines. Current research interests are gender studies, sexuality, development work, popular culture, cybercultures, sociology of the environment, and mass media.
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| Abstract | This study explores the Philippine cybersex industry, its economic and technological infrastructures, and cybersex workers, their labor conditions and life histories. Through the intersection of ICT development and cybersex industry, we unpack pressing concerns about the effects of capitalist-driven information technology on labor conditions and relations in the sex industry.
Her research outline is available here. |
| Collaborator | Dr. Ang Peng Hwa |