Opening ways: Changes and social interactions inside the process of production and market of potato in Tiraque

Abstract

The social interactions inside the process of production and market of potato had changes in different ways because of the ICT uses. The income of cellphone to Tiraque changed and innovated manners of doing market, the access of information and social and cultural interactions, inside the commercialization and agricultural production. The article has the objective of present results related to the social interaction changes and networks during the production and commercialization of potato through the cellphone in communities of Tiraque (Agricultural campaign 2012 – 2013). It is part of the investigation: “Everything is cellphone now”: Social interactions through the cellphone in the production and commercialization of potato in three communities of Tiraque: Ch’aki Khocha (hillside area), K’aspi Kancha (puna area) y Plano Bajo (valley area), for obtain the title of BS in Sociology in the Major of San Simón University.