The discursive construction of place through the online-offline interface: From physical locations to wikispaces

• Autores: Alejandro Parini, Francisco Yus Ramos
• Localización: The Discursive Construction of Place in the Digital Age / Alejandro Parini (ed. lit.), Francisco Yus Ramos (ed. lit.), 2023, ISBN 978-1-032-37147-4, págs. 9-32
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In this chapter we aim to examine the notion of “place” as it is discursively constructed and entextualised, both individually and collectively through the online-offline interface. We argue that this entextualisation is mainly performed in terms of three different layers of context: (1) A sociocultural context through which place is seen as liberating and at the same time constraining, i.e. tethering and untethering people to and from the physicality of a particular location. (2) A sociomental context in which place fosters a feeling of togetherness and nonstop connectivity through the sharing of experiences. And (3) A situational context in which place is discursively and interactionally conceptualised along four dimensions: a) a temporal dimension through which place is experienced and (co-)constructed in (a)synchronous communication; b) a functional dimension through which place is framed as a free-standing, one-off event or as a prelude or follow-up event connecting different social practices; c) a multimedia dimension through which place is co-constructed either unimodally or multimodally; and d) an interpersonal dimension through which place is collectively constructed in the form of a social, cultural or collective mosaic or wikispace.