Cyberprovincialism

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Collapsing Locality – Ludic Locations Place and space are notions that have to be renegotiated once territory is claimed in virtual environments. A discourse on locative aspects of virtual environments will have to find new forms of transport and of non-travelling to rediscover place and location in e-space. These locations are however often characterised by an extreme homogenisation of appearance and talk. Foreign languages are not strictly forbidden - they are often cherished as exotic and cool -, but the practice is less then monolingual, it is controlled by a totalitarism of jargon below the level of language or even dialect. The article questions notions of internationalisation and suggests that SecondLife is a conglomerate of cyberprovincialism rather than an international community.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCoded Cultures : Exploring Creative Emergences
EditorsGeorg Russegger, Matthias Tarasiewicz
Number of pages1
Place of PublicationWien, Yokomaha u.a.
Publisher5uper.net
Publication date2009
Pages58
ISBN (Print)978-3-200-01532-6
Publication statusPublished - 2009
EventCoded Cultures - Wien, Austria
Duration: 27.05.200931.05.2009
Conference number: 2
https://www.daal.at/coded-cultures-media-arts-festival-275-762009/index.html