"Tracing the Indian Diaspora in Cyberspace" a lecture by Dr Eric Leclerc at Centre for Study of Social System (CSSS) - II, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Mehrauli Road > 5pm-7pm on 20th December 2013
Time : 5:00 pm
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Event Description : 'Tracing the Indian Diaspora in Cyberspace' a talk by Dr Eric Leclerc, Associate Professor (HDR) in geography at the University of Rouen.
As part of the e-atlas diaspora, my research is a first quantitative exploration of the presence of the Indian diaspora in cyberspace. The problematic is organized around three axes: first a definition of the Indian diaspora itself, as expressed on the Web and not by the Indian government; secondly a geolocation of the Indian diaspora in cyberspace compared with its spatial distribution; thirdly a temporal approach to identify events that encourages its appearance in the global cyberspace. From the analysis of the corpus gathered (1089 sites), it is clear that a variety of identity claims are expressed on the Web. The structure of the Indian diaspora in cyberspace highlights subnational groups, which qualitative analyses have already identified, but unrelated to the websites of the Indian government. Other emerging identities, religious, professional and especially a supra-national South Asian identity also can be identified. The second finding is the discrepancy between global distribution of the diaspora and its expression on the web, where the United States then dominates and the Gulf States are absent. Beyond an explanation of the uneven access to ICTs, or by the digital divide, inequalities in cyberspace must identify the mediators of that presence. In the U.S., all the
components of the Indian diaspora do not have the same visibility whereas access to ICT is similar. The third axis is still under construction, since processing temporal information is very difficult on the Web, the variability of cyberspace enter in conflict with longitudinal studies.
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Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : Room No- 13, Centre for Study of Social System (CSSS) - II, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi - 110067
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Nearest Metro Stations - 'Hauz Khas(Yellow Line)' & 'Delhi Aerocity(Orange Line)'
Nearest Metro Stations - 'Hauz Khas(Yellow Line)' & 'Delhi Aerocity(Orange Line)'
As part of the e-atlas diaspora, my research is a first quantitative exploration of the presence of the Indian diaspora in cyberspace. The problematic is organized around three axes: first a definition of the Indian diaspora itself, as expressed on the Web and not by the Indian government; secondly a geolocation of the Indian diaspora in cyberspace compared with its spatial distribution; thirdly a temporal approach to identify events that encourages its appearance in the global cyberspace. From the analysis of the corpus gathered (1089 sites), it is clear that a variety of identity claims are expressed on the Web. The structure of the Indian diaspora in cyberspace highlights subnational groups, which qualitative analyses have already identified, but unrelated to the websites of the Indian government. Other emerging identities, religious, professional and especially a supra-national South Asian identity also can be identified. The second finding is the discrepancy between global distribution of the diaspora and its expression on the web, where the United States then dominates and the Gulf States are absent. Beyond an explanation of the uneven access to ICTs, or by the digital divide, inequalities in cyberspace must identify the mediators of that presence. In the U.S., all the
components of the Indian diaspora do not have the same visibility whereas access to ICT is similar. The third axis is still under construction, since processing temporal information is very difficult on the Web, the variability of cyberspace enter in conflict with longitudinal studies.
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"Tracing the Indian Diaspora in Cyberspace" a lecture by Dr Eric Leclerc at Centre for Study of Social System (CSSS) - II, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Mehrauli Road > 5pm-7pm on 20th December 2013
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