Virtual Colonization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2391376 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Hall (0000-0002-5779-3879, University of Cape Town, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-55 |
| Publication date | 1999-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Material Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1835 • E-ISSN: 1460-3586 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/135918359900400103 |
| OpenAlex | W4230994520 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 22 |
In many respects, the recent expansion of the Internet retraces the geography of Europe's first colonization of the globe from the late 15th century onwards. Are these new forms of electronic communication a continuation of capitalism's inexorable expansion, or are they symptomatic of a new 'media age' that is qualitatively distinct? This essay explores the comparison between the 'rich trade' of early colonialism and some of the uses of the Internet, and notes the similarities in the marking out of status in hierarchical and differentiated societies. At the same time, though, the 'death of distance' has significant implications for forms of cultural life, and for new modes of resistance to domination
Archaeology · Biology · Capitalism · Colonialism · Colonization · Globe · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Globalization and Cultural Identity · History · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Philippine History and Culture · Ecology
The embarrassment of riches
City of Quartz
‘Digital democracy’ or ‘information aristocracy’?
Cyberspace sociality
The governance of cyberspace
The Far Right on the Internet
Virtual culture, urban social polarisation and social science fiction
Marvelous Possessions
Thirdspace
Modernity at large
Social formation and symbolic landscape
Usenet Communities and the Cultural Politics of Information
Virtually Embodied
The virtual state
Imagined communities
The legend of the lost city; or, the man with Golden Balls
Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585-1740
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,35 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2025 (26) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |