Changing spaces

The role of the internet in shaping Deaf geographies

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5147283
AutoresG Valentine (0000-0002-9103-9415, University of Leeds), Tracey Skelton (National University of Singapore)
Año2008
Volumen9
Número5
Páginas469-485
Fecha de publicación2008-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649360802175691
OpenAlexW1977479420
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas32
Referencias citadas22

While there is a burgeoning literature on the role of ICT in the creation of new forms of social networks, dubbed on-line communities, much less attention has been paid to the complex set of relationships which are emerging between some off-line communities and the internet, and in particular to some of the new spatialities that are emerging as a result of community-based ICT practices. This paper develops this work by focusing on the example of 'the Deaf community'. In reflecting on the implications of the communication possibilities offered by the internet for the production of Deaf space we begin by outlining the history of development of the off-line Deaf community in the UK and by reflecting on the concept of 'community'. The paper then goes on to explore how Deaf people are using the internet to communicate with each other and, in doing so, to reflect upon how the internet is contributing to the re-spatialisation and scaling-up of this community while also having other unanticipated effects on Deaf people's mobilities and the space of the Deaf club

Club · Information and Communications Technology · Internet privacy · Media studies · Political science · Public relations · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Spatial and Cultural Studies