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Pan‐national identities: representations of the Philippine diaspora on the world wide web
Author(s) -
Tyner James A.,
Kuhlke Olaf
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
asia pacific viewpoint
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.571
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8373
pISSN - 1360-7456
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8373.00120
Subject(s) - diaspora , homeland , identity (music) , national identity , representation (politics) , metaphor , variety (cybernetics) , transnationalism , gender studies , sociology , geography , media studies , ethnology , political science , computer science , aesthetics , art , politics , linguistics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , law
This paper shows how the world wide web can facilitate the transformation of a trans‐national identity into a global, or pan‐national identity. Specific to the Philippines diaspora is the concept of tahanang, or home as a metaphor for a pan‐national Philippine identity. Not only does the web facilitate the spatial interactions of diasporic communities but it also fosters the representation of national identity. In the case of the Philippine diaspora we find that social networking, via the web, operates at and through a variety of spatial scales, including intra‐diasporic, inter‐diasporic, diaspora‐host, and diaspora‐homeland.