Resumen de The discursive construction of place through the online-offline interface: From physical locations to wikispaces
Alejandro Parini, Francisco Yus Ramos
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.
