Virtually a local: Folk geography, discourse, and local identity on the geospatial web

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Abstract

This article offers a provisional theoretical framework for the study of the vernacular practices of digital locality as a means to consider how the externalization of folk memory and folk geography is affecting the relationships between centralized institutions of power and peripheral "local" communities.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)29-58
Number of pages30
JournalWestern Folklore
Volume72
Issue number1
StatePublished - Dec 2013

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Cultural Studies
  • Anthropology
  • History
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts

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