How do digital media technologies shape or restructure social practice? And which transitions and demarcations of different forms of publicness arise in this context? Simon Holdermann examines this question in his ethnography of everyday life in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. In order to approach the ongoing, historically situated social transformations of the region, he analyses a variety of media practices concerning the organizational work and transnational cooperation that take place there – in particular at the intersection of mountain tourism, NGO work, and local self-government.
Price: $60.00
Pages: 298
Publisher: transcript publishing
Imprint: transcript publishing
Series: Media in Action
Publication Date:
30 May 2023
Trim Size: 8.86 X 5.83 in
ISBN: 9783837661385
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Simon Holdermann studied social and cultural anthropology at the University of Münster and University of Cologne, Germany, with semesters abroad at Uppsala University, Sweden, and University of California, Berkeley, USA. As a research associate at the Collaborative Research Center 1187 ®Media of Cooperation¬, University of Siegen, he conducted his PhD research in the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco. His research interests center on the anthropology of media and technology, with a regional focus on North Africa and the Mediterranean region.
Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
List of Figures 9
Acknowledgement 11
Chapter 1. Introduction 15
ethnographic parenthesis A } Mutualities of Arriving 33
Chapter 2. A Computer Club for the High Atlas 37
ethnographic parenthesis B } Relativity of "Too Much" 77
Chapter 3. The Scalability of a High Atlas Valley 79
ethnographic parenthesis C } Baking or Learning? 123
Chapter 4. Saints & Segments 125
ethnographic parenthesis D } Infrastructural Breakdown 145
Chapter 5. (Un)Making Connections 147
ethnographic parenthesis E } Personal Everyday Water 197
Chapter 6. Guides of the Atlas 201
Chapter 7. Digital Hospitality 241
Concluding Remarks: Creating Connectivity 271
References 275
