What's in a name?: Digital resources and resistance at the global periphery
Postcolonial theory was transformative of both the humanities and social sciences after the Second World War. However its power and influence is even more startling and unpredictable when applied to ‘virtual’ geographies and nations. This chapter examines questions of ownership and rights over ‘virt...
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| author | Kent, Michael |
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| description | Postcolonial theory was transformative of both the humanities and social sciences after the Second World War. However its power and influence is even more startling and unpredictable when applied to ‘virtual’ geographies and nations. This chapter examines questions of ownership and rights over ‘virtual nations’ via their domain names. The right to own, buy and sell virtual real estate has proved one of the most challenging and fascinating applications of postcolonial theory in the twenty-first century. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-457332017-01-30T15:22:52Z What's in a name?: Digital resources and resistance at the global periphery Kent, Michael Tara Brabazon domain names ccTLDs digital postcolonialism postcolonialism virtual geography colonisation Postcolonial theory was transformative of both the humanities and social sciences after the Second World War. However its power and influence is even more startling and unpredictable when applied to ‘virtual’ geographies and nations. This chapter examines questions of ownership and rights over ‘virtual nations’ via their domain names. The right to own, buy and sell virtual real estate has proved one of the most challenging and fascinating applications of postcolonial theory in the twenty-first century. 2012 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45733 Chandos Publishing restricted |
| spellingShingle | domain names ccTLDs digital postcolonialism postcolonialism virtual geography colonisation Kent, Michael What's in a name?: Digital resources and resistance at the global periphery |
| title | What's in a name?: Digital resources and resistance at the global periphery |
| title_full | What's in a name?: Digital resources and resistance at the global periphery |
| title_fullStr | What's in a name?: Digital resources and resistance at the global periphery |
| title_full_unstemmed | What's in a name?: Digital resources and resistance at the global periphery |
| title_short | What's in a name?: Digital resources and resistance at the global periphery |
| title_sort | what's in a name?: digital resources and resistance at the global periphery |
| topic | domain names ccTLDs digital postcolonialism postcolonialism virtual geography colonisation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45733 |