Yuri Takhteyev
Biographic Data
| ID | 3620106 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yuri Takhteyev |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yuri |
| FAMILY NAME | Takhteyev |
| SIGNATURE | TAKHTEYEV Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ordering space: Alternative views of ICT and geography
We analyze two ways of thinking about ICTs in the production of space. One is what we call the “mimetic” view. This view focuses on ICTs’ ability to bring representations from one locale into another. Debates about ICTs and geography have historically been driven by this “mimetic” view and continue to be constrained by it. In contrast, we discuss what we call the “algorithmic” view of ICTs, which focuses on computational re-ordering of representa…
Geography of Twitter networks
Imagining Twitter as an Imagined Community
The notion of "community" has often been caught between concrete social relationships and imagined sets of people perceived to be similar. The rise of the Internet has refocused our attention on this ongoing tension. The Internet has enabled people who know each other to use social media, from e-mail to Facebook, to interact without meeting physically. Into this mix came Twitter, an asymmetric microblogging service: If you follow me, I do not hav…
Networks of Practice as Heterogeneous Actor-Networks: The case of software development in Brazil
This paper discusses some of the difficulties involved in using the concepts of ‘communities of practice’ and ‘networks of practice’ when understanding the exchange of knowledge among globally dispersed communities of professionals. It proposes rethinking ‘networks of practice’ as heterogeneous networks in the sense used by the actor-network theory. The revised concept is illustrated with examples from the author's study of software developers in…
Imagining Twitter as an Imagined Community
The notion of "community" has often been caught between concrete social relationships and imagined sets of people perceived to be similar. The rise of the Internet has refocused our attention on this ongoing tension. The Internet has enabled people who know each other to use social media, from e-mail to Facebook, to interact without meeting physically. Into this mix came Twitter, an asymmetric microblogging service: If you follow me, I do not hav…
Networks of Practice as Heterogeneous Actor-Networks: The case of software development in Brazil
This paper discusses some of the difficulties involved in using the concepts of ‘communities of practice’ and ‘networks of practice’ when understanding the exchange of knowledge among globally dispersed communities of professionals. It proposes rethinking ‘networks of practice’ as heterogeneous networks in the sense used by the actor-network theory. The revised concept is illustrated with examples from the author's study of software developers in…
Imagining Twitter as an Imagined Community
The notion of "community" has often been caught between concrete social relationships and imagined sets of people perceived to be similar. The rise of the Internet has refocused our attention on this ongoing tension. The Internet has enabled people who know each other to use social media, from e-mail to Facebook, to interact without meeting physically. Into this mix came Twitter, an asymmetric microblogging service: If you follow me, I do not hav…
Geography of Twitter networks
Ordering space: Alternative views of ICT and geography
We analyze two ways of thinking about ICTs in the production of space. One is what we call the “mimetic” view. This view focuses on ICTs’ ability to bring representations from one locale into another. Debates about ICTs and geography have historically been driven by this “mimetic” view and continue to be constrained by it. In contrast, we discuss what we call the “algorithmic” view of ICTs, which focuses on computational re-ordering of representa…
Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · World Wide Web (3 works) · Advertising (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Complex Network Analysis Techniques (2 works) · Economic geography (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Social media (2 works) · Social Media and Politics (2 works)