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India.com: online community building by the Indian diaspora
Virtual space & place
contexts for distanciated interaction non-physical centers of care and identity
formation television Internet
chat rooms BBS “blogs” community networks etc.
Is there a way to think of virtual space/place that is people-centered rather than medium-centered?
The extensible individual
Communication situations as topologies
Network topology vs. radial topology
A virtual space by and for a particular community
built “in” various media
defined by the needs, desires, plans and projects of a particular community
or communities
GroupE
GroupD
GroupC
GroupB
GroupA
WeakIdentity
Bridgespace
a virtual space “designed” (or rather evolving) as a bridge between: separate times
personal biography national history
separate places continents locales (cities, towns, states) cultures
Bridgespace politics
intervenes in the construction of nation perpetuates a national identity among
members of several associated diasporas perpetuates ethnic identities that are
transplanted into a host community that does not recognize them
constitutes “sub-ethnicity”
intervenes various ways in the construction of self
Bridgespace economics
a marketplace for goods access to material culture access to potential customers
a marketplace for services employment immigration tax advice
a channel for overseas investment for remittances & overseas gift-giving for the formation/maintenance of professional ties
Culture in bridgespace
slowing diffusion intergenerational transmission intercontinental exchange (of “traditional” culture)
accelerating diffusion intercontinental exchange (of “non-traditional”
culture)
hybridization material institutional ideological
Why NRIs?
Collaborative project w/ Rina Ghose, (Illinois State U./U. Wisc. at Milwaukee)
special group high level of technological expertise high income (above U.S. median) recent arrival (1990s for most) various forms of multilingualism including
English as second language actually multiple groups
TOPOLOGY of the NRI bridgespace
Places within bridgespace
hub sites ION EGON LRSEGO
retail sites cooking site religious sites matrimonial sites