Dear colleagues I am very pleased to announce the publication by Berghahn of my book Localizing the Internet: An Anthropological Account. The book is based on fieldwork in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) named Subang Jaya. The focus of the study is Subang Jaya's field of residential affairs, a digitally mediated domain in which residents, civil servants, politicians, online journalists and other social agents appropriate Internet technologies to pursue local goals. The analysis covers the complex articulations between personal networking and social fields, the uneven diffusion and circulation of new digital technologies and contents, intra- and inter-field political crises, and the emergence of new forms of residential sociality. "[Localizing the Internet] will quickly stimulate a spate of innovative research on the Internet because it provides conceptual tools that open new avenues of study. The key idea, “the field of residential affairs,” is very rich, and I particularly like the way Postill connects this new area of anthropology (internet studies) to the classic works of the Manchester School.” · Andrew Arno, University of Hawai’i More information about this title can be found on the Berghahn website: http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=PostillLocalizing If you are interested in obtaining a copy with a 25% discount, please get in touch with Abigail Major at abigail.major@berghahnbooks.com. This is a limited time offer available only to individuals and expiring Friday, September 30, 2011. Best wishes John Postill Dr John Postill C3RI, Furnival Building Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield S1 2NU United Kingdom j.postill@shu.ac.uk http://twitter.com/JohnPostill