Richetcooper_daphne---VIRTUAL JINGPO: A VIRTUAL JINGPO/KACHIN TECHNO-COMMUNITY?

VIRTUAL JINGPO: A VIRTUAL JINGPO/KACHIN TECHNO-COMMUNITY? Daphné Richet-Cooper

I. Motivations
The Jingpo/Kachin: a Transnational Group
From Orthodox Representation to Technoculture
The Effects of Globalization and Economic Development on the Jingpo/Kachin
Internet Regime in China and Burma

a) Questions
Is there a Jingpo/Kachin transnational popular representation, promoted by trans-national Jingpo/Kachin actors on the Internet?
Are new spaces created by the Internet altering the nature of Jingpo/Kachin transnational cultural transactions and perception?

b) Arguments
Differences in economic development and political goals between the Chinese and the Burmese side of the border are further emphasized on the Internet.
In the “real” world, Jingpo and Kachin still constitute a single cultural entity, but, in the “virtual” world, expressions and representations of Jingpo/Kachin identity differ according to where they live.

II. Outline
Literature Review
Empirical Strategy
Results
Conclusion

III. Literature Review
On Kachin, Jingpo and Singhpo
Ethnic Minorities and the Internet
Andrew Chapman
Nicholas Tapp

IV. Empirical Strategy
a) Methodology:
Research conducted on Google, Baidu, Myspace, Youtube and Youku.
Keywords: Kachin, Jingpo, Jinghpaw, 景颇 , Kachin Song, Kachin Karaoke…
Relevant information on:
Youtube/Youke
Blogs
Websites
Online groups

b) Analysis of the Websites
Type of sites
Languages
Content
Location
Online Activity

V. Results
General Trends
Images and Representations of Jingpo/Kachin on the Internet
Websites, Groups and Blogs
Performative and Self-Advertising Websites
Educational and Informational Websites
Jinghpaw Pages Directed at an Internal Audience
Western Material on Jingpo/Kachin
Official Representations
Videos
Youku
Youtube

VI. Conclusion
New icons of Jingpo/Kachin popular culture
The counter-effect of globalization on Jingpo/Kachin culture
A fragmented and localized pan-Jingpo/Kachin culture

Richetcooper_daphne---VIRTUAL JINGPO: A VIRTUAL JINGPO/KACHIN TECHNO-COMMUNITY?

by Chinese Internet Research Conference on Jun 22, 2008

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