Guides of the Atlas: An Ethnography of Publicness, Transnational Cooperation and Mountain Tourism in Morocco

Simon Holdermann

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2023

Guides of the Atlas

An Ethnography of Publicness, Transnational Cooperation and Mountain Tourism in Morocco

Simon Holdermann
Funded by: SFB 1187 Medien der Kooperation (Universität Siegen)

Volume 5 in the series Media in Action

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839461389

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How do digital media technologies shape or restructure social practice? And which transitions and demarcations of different forms of publicness arise in this context? Simon Holdermann examines this question in his ethnography of everyday life in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. In order to approach the ongoing, historically situated social transformations of the region, he analyses a variety of media practices concerning the organizational work and transnational cooperation that take place there - in particular at the intersection of mountain tourism, NGO work, and local self-government.

Author / Editor information

Simon Holdermann studied social and cultural anthropology at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and Universität zu Köln in Germany, with semesters abroad in Uppsala, Sweden and at University of California, Berkeley, USA. He was a research associate at the CRC 1187 »Media of Cooperation«, Universität Siegen and did fieldwork in the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco. His research interests revolve around the anthropology of media and technology as well as North Africa and the Mediterranean region.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
List of Figures Open Access Download PDF	9
Acknowledgement Open Access Download PDF	11
Chapter 1. Introduction Open Access Download PDF	15
ethnographic parenthesis A } Mutualities of Arriving Open Access Download PDF	33
Chapter 2. A Computer Club for the High Atlas Open Access Download PDF	37
ethnographic parenthesis B } Relativity of “Too Much” Open Access Download PDF	77
Chapter 3. The Scalability of a High Atlas Valley Open Access Download PDF	79
ethnographic parenthesis C } Baking or Learning? Open Access Download PDF	123
Chapter 4. Saints & Segments Open Access Download PDF	125
ethnographic parenthesis D } Infrastructural Breakdown Open Access Download PDF	145
Chapter 5. (Un)Making Connections Open Access Download PDF	147
ethnographic parenthesis E } Personal Everyday Water Open Access Download PDF	197
Chapter 6. Guides of the Atlas Open Access Download PDF	201
Chapter 7. Digital Hospitality Open Access Download PDF	241
Concluding Remarks: Creating Connectivity Open Access Download PDF	271
References Open Access Download PDF	275

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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 298
Keywords: Morocco; Digital Media; Public Sphere; Tourism; Media; Technology; Society; Media History; Ethnology; Globalization; Media Studies

eBook

Published: April 27, 2023
ISBN: 9783839461389