Guides of the Atlas : An Ethnography of Publicness, Transnational Cooperation and Mountain Tourism in Morocco /

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 appro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Holdermann, Simon (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2023]
Series:	Media in Action ; 5
Subjects:	Digital media > Social aspects. Digital Media. Ethnology. Globalization. Media History. Media Studies. Media. Morocco. Public Sphere. Society. Technology. Tourism. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. Digital media > Social aspects Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgement
Chapter 1. Introduction
ethnographic parenthesis A } Mutualities of Arriving
Chapter 2. A Computer Club for the High Atlas
ethnographic parenthesis B } Relativity of "Too Much"
Chapter 3. The Scalability of a High Atlas Valley
ethnographic parenthesis C } Baking or Learning?
Chapter 4. Saints and Segments
ethnographic parenthesis D } Infrastructural Breakdown
Chapter 5. (Un)Making Connections
ethnographic parenthesis E } Personal Everyday Water
Chapter 6. Guides of the Atlas
Chapter 7. Digital Hospitality
Concluding Remarks: Creating Connectivity
References