Indigenous Voices on the Web: Folksonomies and Endangered Languages
Abstract Examining categories created by Sami users on Twitter, this article investigates the advantages and limits of global social media for a small localized group. Folksonomies illustrate the empowering potential of Twitter as a site of performance for continuity of cultural practices, vernacula...
| Published in: | Journal of American Folklore |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Illinois Press
2015
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/jamerfolk.128.509.0273 https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaf/article-pdf/128/509/273/1892789/jamerfolk.128.509.0273.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract Examining categories created by Sami users on Twitter, this article investigates the advantages and limits of global social media for a small localized group. Folksonomies illustrate the empowering potential of Twitter as a site of performance for continuity of cultural practices, vernacular expressions, and "artistic communication in small groups" (Ben-Amos 1971). |
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