Logbook of a journey through Airbnb, the cloud and the sierras. An ethnographic approach to the digital world in Valle de Calamuchita, Córdoba
Over the last few years, the digital world has expanded to such an extent that it is hard to think about something that is not currently affected either directly or indirectly, by the process of digitalization. The global extension of the Internet and the generalized use of a wide variety of digital...
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Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/etcetera/article/view/35813 |
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| Sumario: | Over the last few years, the digital world has expanded to such an extent that it is hard to think about something that is not currently affected either directly or indirectly, by the process of digitalization. The global extension of the Internet and the generalized use of a wide variety of digital interaction technologies currently mingle with the isolation and social distancing conditions that our bodies’ vulnerability reduces us to. In this context, the ethnography applied to digitally mediated contexts emerges, at least initially, as a possible alternative to a transformed reality. The following text recaptures some of the reflections that arose from the field work in these contexts during my Final Degree Research Work in Anthropology, an ethnographic experience focused on describing and analyzing the progressive emergence of the temporary rental digital platform, Airbnb, in Valle de Calamuchita, Córdoba, Argentina. With the aim of contributing to current debates regarding new ways of making ethnography, I recover the theoretical and methodological strategies and tools that allowed me in the above mentioned opportunity to turn the digital experience into another instance of field work, and think about it as such. |
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