[Air-L] New book: Localizing the Internet

[John Postill]

Dear colleagues

I am very pleased to announce the publication by Berghahn of my book
Localizing the Internet: An Anthropological Account.

The book is based on fieldwork in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) named
Subang Jaya. The focus of the study is Subang Jaya's field of residential
affairs, a digitally mediated domain in which residents, civil servants,
politicians, online journalists and other social agents appropriate Internet
technologies to pursue local goals. The analysis covers the complex
articulations between personal networking and social fields, the uneven
diffusion and circulation of new digital technologies and contents, intra-
and
inter-field political crises, and the emergence of new forms of residential
sociality.

"[Localizing the Internet] will quickly stimulate a spate of innovative
research on the Internet because it provides conceptual tools that open new
avenues of study.  The key idea, “the field of residential affairs,” is
very rich, and I particularly like the way Postill connects this new area of
anthropology (internet studies) to the classic works of the Manchester
School.”  ·  

Andrew Arno, University of Hawai’i

More information about this title can be found on the Berghahn website:
http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=PostillLocalizing 

If you are interested in obtaining a copy with a 25% discount, please get in
touch with Abigail Major at abigail.major at berghahnbooks.com. This is a limited
time offer available only to individuals and expiring Friday, September 30,
2011. 

Best wishes

John Postill

Dr John Postill
C3RI, Furnival Building 
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield S1 2NU
United Kingdom
j.postill at shu.ac.uk
http://twitter.com/JohnPostill