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Digital Technology at the Edge of Capitalism - Experiences from the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. Debora de Castro Leal, Max Krüger, Vanessa Teles e Teles, Carlos Antonio Teles e Teles, Denise Machado Cardoso, Dave Randall, Volker Wulf CHI'22: ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Session: Rural Computing Abstract It is sometimes argued that there is hardly a place in the world in the 21st century left untouched by global capitalism. Even so, some places remain at the periphery, participating in this system without being fully absorbed by it. In this paper we take a detailed look at the economic life of such a "pericapitalist" community in the Brazilian Amazon region. We detail how the community increasingly participates in global systems and supply chains, yet also organizes economic life around local and traditional values. We pay special attention to the role of digital technologies in the community, including mobile phones and internet. The contribution of the paper is as follows: Firstly, it provides a detailed analysis of the material practices of a community at the edge. Secondly, it draws attention to the heterogeneous nature of responses to global capitalism, formed from the relationship between specific material practices, new technology and elements of cultural identity. Thirdly, it argues for an increased sensibility towards these different relations to capitalism when considering design implications. We argue that close attention to material practice goes some way towards resolving those tensions and, further, provides for an appeal to a more pluralistic views of culture and development. DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1145/3448072 WEB:: https://chi2022.acm.org/ Pre-recorded presentations of CHI 2022