In this book anthropologist Victoria Bernal reveals the ways that forms of nationhood, strategies of state power, and modes of political participation are being redefined in the context of the rise of digital media and the growing significance of diasporas in the 21st century. She outlines the broader trends and wider implications suggested by the processes documented in this study of Eritrean politics, diaspora, and cyberspace to explore the nation as network. The book develops the concept of infopolitics to foreground the ...
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In this book anthropologist Victoria Bernal reveals the ways that forms of nationhood, strategies of state power, and modes of political participation are being redefined in the context of the rise of digital media and the growing significance of diasporas in the 21st century. She outlines the broader trends and wider implications suggested by the processes documented in this study of Eritrean politics, diaspora, and cyberspace to explore the nation as network. The book develops the concept of infopolitics to foreground the management of information as a central aspect of politics. The heart of the book is an ethnography of the vibrant Eritrean public sphere established on diaspora websites. Close readings of posts reveal people s struggles to understand the conflicts that have shaped their lives, while striving to chart the nation s future. Set in the context of Eritrea s turbulent history, the activities of the diaspora reveal the ways that sovereignty and citizenship are being reconfigured and reproduced by means of the internet. Chapters examine: how the internet was used to create Eritrean space outside Eritrea, how posters defended Eritrea in the border war with Ethiopia, struggles to create new political subjectivities and expand the boundaries of what can be publically articulated, the use of websites as an offshore platform for civil society, the establishment of an unofficial war memorial online using leaked government documents, and how citizenship is gendered online. As one of the first ethnographies to theorize the relation between cyberspace and sovereignty this work will have a wide audience beyond African Studies."
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New. How is the Internet transforming the relationships between citizens and states? The author combines media studies, ethnography, and African studies to explore this new political paradigm through a striking analysis of how Eritreans in diaspora have used the Internet to shape the course of Eritrean history. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGE; JFD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326. 2014. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
