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Activist localities in the queer south
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Abstract Cultural anthropologist Arjun Appadurai’s theories about place link together various surrounding contexts: technology, media, economics, and ideology. He sees locality as a "complex phenomenological quality" (1996, p. 178) that we should not look at as context, but instead focus on how contexts defi... view more
Cultural anthropologist Arjun Appadurai’s theories about place link together various surrounding contexts: technology, media, economics, and ideology. He sees locality as a "complex phenomenological quality" (1996, p. 178) that we should not look at as context, but instead focus on how contexts define the boundaries of localities. Appadurai's theories help to link global and local by taking into account the various surrounding contexts: technology, media, economics, and ideology. This paper uses Appadurai's theory as a basis to explore how localities emerge in grassroots queer activist practices that combine offline and online tactics in their organizing. I use participant observation, in-depth interviews, and content analysis to gain an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of networked locality created by LGBTQ activists physically located in Southern United States.... view less
Keywords
online media; region; communication; United States of America; cultural anthropology
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Interactive, electronic Media
Free Keywords
activism; LGBTQ; the South; online communication
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 55-65
Journal
Studies of Transition States and Societies, 10 (2018) 2
ISSN
1736-8758
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed