Occpuation of Puerta del Sol in Madrid, May 2011. Marcelo Expósito, All rights reserved.The following comments are reflections arising from anthropological research I am carrying out on digital networks (hereinafter, the Network or the Internet), and from my own experience as a social activist. As reflections, these are a way to share concerns and check out hypotheses rather than consolidated statements.
Network-city dialectic
I want to start from an assertion: the cities make the Network and the Network makes cities. Here are two examples.
The Network not only connects individuals. It also connects socio-economic conglomerates as nodes whose importance and hierarchy depend on many factors. However, inside the commodified societies we live in, those nodes noticeably prevail that are associated with highly technologized economic activities and with financial services.
