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0 Feet Away: The Queer Cartography of French Gay Men's Geo-social Media Use
Ist Teil von
Anthropological journal of European cultures, 2013-09, Vol.22 (2), p.111-132
Ort / Verlag
Berghahn Journals
Erscheinungsjahr
2013
Link zum Volltext
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Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Why do gay men utilise geo-social media applications such as Grindr and Scruff? Social media scholarship describes technological mediations and changes to social space and communities; however, there are theoretical gaps concerning what geo-social technology means for gay men. I suggest that gay men's ability to see other gay men, via geo-social media, reveals the queer cartography of any geographical location. This re-mapping of social space proves the public sphere less heteronormative than purported, cultivates community between gay men who may initiate face-to-face contact utilising geo-locative technology, and allows gay men to interact with one another outside of specifically gay spaces. This research is based in Toulouse, France, and adds to scholarship concerning French gay men's resistance to heteronormativity. This research also holds global significance concerning subjugated communities' uses of geo-social technology in their resistance against dominant cultures.