Inhabiting Cyberspace And Emerging Cyberplaces: The Case Of Siena, Italy (geographies Of Media)
by Tobias Boos /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book explores the concept of cyberplace as a mode of
inhabiting the contemporary world. As a result, it suggests that,
for many communities, unlocking cyberspace and inhabiting
cyberplaces is now an integral part of their
coming-to-the-globalised-world.
This book explores the concept of cyberplace as a mode of
inhabiting the contemporary world. As a result, it suggests that,
for many communities, unlocking cyberspace and inhabiting
cyberplaces is now an integral part of their
coming-to-the-globalised-world.
Boos reviews in the detail the existing academic literature from
cultural anthropology, human geography, and sociology on
“cyberspace”, concluding that a phenomenological perspective on
cyberspace provides the possibility of gaining a deep
understanding of our contemporary lifeworlds, in which on- and
offline practices constantly intermingle. In four chapters, he
applies the developed theoretical and methodological approaches
to the case of Siena’s neighbourhoods, the
Boos reviews in the detail the existing academic literature from
cultural anthropology, human geography, and sociology on
“cyberspace”, concluding that a phenomenological perspective on
cyberspace provides the possibility of gaining a deep
understanding of our contemporary lifeworlds, in which on- and
offline practices constantly intermingle. In four chapters, he
applies the developed theoretical and methodological approaches
to the case of Siena’s neighbourhoods, thecontrade
contrade,
analysing their websites and discussing the implications of his
findings for understanding contemporary processes of community
building and for future research on cyberspace.
,
analysing their websites and discussing the implications of his
findings for understanding contemporary processes of community
building and for future research on cyberspace.
This concise and accessible book will be of interest to advanced
students and scholars in cultural anthropology, human geography,
media studies and sociology.
This concise and accessible book will be of interest to advanced
students and scholars in cultural anthropology, human geography,
media studies and sociology.
