Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 07:05:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Cyberdiva (a.k.a \"Radhika Gajjala\")" <rxgst6+-AT-pitt.edu>
Subject: Diaspora and Technology (fwd)


i know quite a few of us are on the poco list too but

this might be of interest here.

R

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Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 04:00:27 -0600
From: Graham Murphy <gjmurphy-AT-gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Reply-To: postcolonial-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU
To: postcolonial-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU
Subject: Diaspora and Technology

Just a nagging thought here that's been bothering me for the past week and
thought I might ask for guidance to see if it leads anywhere.  Vijay Mishra
spoke today (University of Alberta) concerning the Sublime Desire of
Diaspora which, in a nutshell, was/is a desire for 'home.'  But, home is
problematic and is not an always-already entity; rather, as Mishra rightly
points out, it is mediated, constructed, etc... and means different things
to different members within the diaspora (whichever diaspora we happen to be
talking about at the moment).  Now, my question:  do any fellow list members
know of any theorists/authors who tackle issues of _how_ home is
constructed, disseminated, etc...by technology?  Specifically, the Internet
and the resources of World Wide Web and how they may be employed to create
'home' which feeds the desire.  I'm working on a similar approach for a
conference paper but technology and diaspora, for me at least, is quite new
and I would appreciate any suggestions for either theoretical stuff or
fiction (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian would be most appreciated)
that may tackle the topic.
Graham



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