Barry & All, I'm delighted there are others out there working on ICT use by transnational and diasporic networks. I posted a similar request to this list last September, and have completed a brief review of scholarly literature on the topic, while continuing to collect mentions of such networks. It would be great if we could all hook up, either at a future AoIR conference (a panel?) and/or off-list. I would be happy to keep track of us for the time being. Any takers? Proposals for a mini-list? Sorry for the belated reply, it's been Spring Break. Christina Courtright PhD student SLIS-Indiana University Mail: ccourtri@indiana.edu http://php.indiana.edu/~ccourtri/home.html Barry Wellman wrote:
Folks, I'd be grateful if anyone could point me to their (or others') work about how the Internet links trans-national diasporic communities where some folks have migrated from the home country and others haven't. I'm mostly interested in email, but also Internet phone, web boards, Usenet, et al.
En passant, the lovely Monsoon Wedding has some nice offhand references to this, as the families come from Houston, Dubai, etc. for a Delhi wedding.
Pls reply to me personally, and I will then summarize for the list.
Barry