'Blog This': surfing the metropolis and the method of London Export

@article{3473, abstract = {This article examines the ways in which a group of London webloggers or on-line journal keepers constitute their city. They claim that their strategies for knowing London are derived from techniques for knowing the Internet. In particular, webloggers adapt the activity and culture of on-line surfing. The article investigates the method of \^{a}€˜blogging\^{a}€™ alongside and against the interpretative strategies deployed by urban theorists and sketch writers. It is intended as a contribution to urban anthropology, anthropology of the Internet, the anthropology of knowledge, and the ethnography of London. Resume L'auteur examine la maniere dont un groupe de blogueurs ou d'auteurs de journaux en ligne londoniens constituent leur ville. Il affirme que leurs strategies pour connaitre Londres s'inspirent des techniques employees pour connaitre Internet. En particulier, les webloggers ont adapte l'activite et la culture de la navigation en ligne. L'article etudie la methode de << blogging >> parallelement et en comparaison avec les strategies interpretatives deployees par les theoriciens de l'urbanisme et les planificateurs. Cet article se veut une contribution a l'anthropologie urbaine, a l'anthropologie de l'Internet, a l'anthropologie de la connaissance et a l'ethnographie de Londres.}, author = {Reed, Adam}, citeulike-article-id = {2966354}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2008.00508.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2008.00508.x}, comment = {'Blog This': surfing the metropolis and the method of London}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-9655.2008.00508.x}, journal = {Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute}, keywords = {file-import-08-07-05, weblog, weblogs}, number = {2}, pages = {391-406+}, pdf = {internal-pdf://reed blog this-2385831936/reed blog this.pdf}, posted-at = {2008-07-05 15:28:19}, priority = {0}, title = {'Blog This': surfing the metropolis and the method of London}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2008.00508.x}, volume = {14}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - 3473 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2966354 N2 - This article examines the ways in which a group of London webloggers or on-line journal keepers constitute their city. They claim that their strategies for knowing London are derived from techniques for knowing the Internet. In particular, webloggers adapt the activity and culture of on-line surfing. The article investigates the method of ‘blogging’ alongside and against the interpretative strategies deployed by urban theorists and sketch writers. It is intended as a contribution to urban anthropology, anthropology of the Internet, the anthropology of knowledge, and the ethnography of London. Resume L'auteur examine la maniere dont un groupe de blogueurs ou d'auteurs de journaux en ligne londoniens constituent leur ville. Il affirme que leurs strategies pour connaitre Londres s'inspirent des techniques employees pour connaitre Internet. En particulier, les webloggers ont adapte l'activite et la culture de la navigation en ligne. L'article etudie la methode de << blogging >> parallelement et en comparaison avec les strategies interpretatives deployees par les theoriciens de l'urbanisme et les planificateurs. Cet article se veut une contribution a l'anthropologie urbaine, a l'anthropologie de l'Internet, a l'anthropologie de la connaissance et a l'ethnographie de Londres. IS - 2 JF - Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute TI - 'Blog This': surfing the metropolis and the method of London VL - 14 SP - 391-406 KW - file-import-08-07-05 KW - weblog KW - weblogs N1 - 'Blog This': surfing the metropolis and the method of London AU - Reed, Adam PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2008.00508.x ER -