tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309767.post7153146951293227230..comments2024-01-04T13:54:21.297+04:00Comments on Social Science in the Caucasus: Diaspora Internet Presence | Switzerland and GermanyHansGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02363857450625734125noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309767.post-3614524928836139582009-01-30T18:09:00.000+04:002009-01-30T18:09:00.000+04:00In the US there are several of these: www.diaspora...In the US there are several of these: www.diaspora.com, http://mamuli.net/dnn/, and www.kartuli.com - these are managed by emigrants themselves. http://www.georgianassociation.org/ - is a more official one. <BR/>But I do not think that Facebook is something to look at unless you are interested in, say, "educated" migrants, those who study abroad - most of migrants who perform domestic jobs, etc. often have no access to internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309767.post-69340219904786040012008-05-22T12:05:00.000+04:002008-05-22T12:05:00.000+04:00I wonder how much of this is also related to Diasp...I wonder how much of this is also related to Diasporas in themselves. Not only are Armenians larger, but they are also more established. <BR/><BR/>Another aspect to this is keeping identity alive and how the Genocide relates to this. Look at all ethnic groups which are either without states or consider that part of their historical homeland is within another country and they are also pretty active especially when politics and lobbying comes into play. <BR/><BR/>Look at Kurdish communities, for example, who used the Internet (and satellite broadcasting) to a much larger extent than Armenians even a decade ago. Of course, they're a larger and more politicized (but also divided) group as well.Onnik Krikorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635856483546209785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37309767.post-44390716769810889112008-05-22T00:24:00.000+04:002008-05-22T00:24:00.000+04:00This one is quite active in Germanyhttp://geokultu...This one is quite active in Germany<BR/>http://geokulturforum.de/<BR/><BR/>Besides I think the amount of Armenians are huge compared to Georgians. Georgians also seem to be more individualists and occupied by arts, music, theater.. having their personal websites and blogs rather than creating forums. They also prefer to meet and keep more personal contact from what I have been told regarding the ones located in Germany (Munic is the only place I know anything about Gerogians in Germany though). Skype is also a frequetly used tool among the Georgians I know for personal contact across the whole of Europe, US and Georgia. And the precence of Georgians on Facebook is growing rapidly. I think I would do some research on Facebook rather than conventional web, because creating websites with html is a scares ability among young peole, and given the social structure of Facebook it's possible to chart out their contacts and those contact's whereabouts. So you could easily create big charts of networks and put them together in order to find some data on the Georgian diaspora. <BR/><BR/>In the last couple of months I got a lot of Georgian contacts on Facebook, so it seems like the innovators have definitely entered the arena.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I went a bit of track here, but what the h....:-)Eistein G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17712916193481215232noreply@blogger.com