[Air-L] Imagined communities

[erin jonasson]

Hi Philippa,

It's a bit hazy now, but I believe that Lynn Stephen uses the idea of
imagined communities in her chapter on Internet communications and website
creation (chapter 7, I think) in *Transborder Lives: Indigenous Oaxacans in
Mexico, California and Oregon* (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2007).
You might also try Sarah Green, Penny Harvey, & Hannah Knox's article
"Scales of Place and Networks: An Ethnography of the Imperative to Connect
through Information and Communication Technologies" from *Current
Anthropology* 46(5) 2005 or José Luis Benítez' "Transnational Dimensions of
the Digital Divide among Salvadorean Immigrants in the Washington DC
Metropolitan Area" from *Global Networks* 6(2) 2006, although I think that
he builds upon Arturo Escobar more than Anderson.  There are a
million others floating between my ears but I'm absolutely positive that
you'll receive more than enough suggestions by the time this thread ends!

Cheers,
Erin

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Philippa Smith <philippa.smith at aut.ac.nz>wrote:

> I'm seeking out references to Benedict Anderson's theory of "imagined
> communities" in relation to the Internet and how new technologies enable the
> construction of national identities.  Certainly this is mentioned in  Ananda
> Mitra's chapter "Virtual Commonality: Looking for India on the Internet"  in
> Virtual Culture edited by Steven Jones and in S. Jones' chapter in the same
> book "The Internet and its Social Landscape.   Mark Poster (1999)  National
> Identities and Communications Technologies in The Information Society 15:4,
> 235-240 is another reference.  But if there are any other references where
> people apply the theory in their research or discuss it please let me know.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Philippa Smith
> PhD Candidate
> Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication
> AUT University
> Auckland
> New Zealand
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