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Welcome to the Digital Village: Networking Geographies of Agrarian Change

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  • Hilary Oliva Faxon

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Almost 5 billion people—two thirds of the global population—now go online. The Internet has changed how we work, learn, govern, and fall in love. Yet despite its digital turn, geography has failed to grapple with the patterns and significance of Internet connection for rural people and places, particularly in the Global South. This article brings together agrarian studies and digital geography to situate emergent online practices within longer trajectories of agrarian change. To do so, I advance the concept of the digital village, a networked social space in which online practices emerge from existing agrarian relations to reconfigure the strategies of economic survival, the landscapes of home, and the tactics of politics. Drawing on ethnographic research in Myanmar, I show how agrarian relations shape patterns of digital connection and how farmers, migrants, and grassroots activists incorporate Facebook into daily efforts to secure livelihoods, support communities, and mobilize in struggles over land. This analysis yields two key insights: first, digital geographies are embedded in rural relations; second, agrarian questions increasingly play out online.

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  • Hilary Oliva Faxon, 2022. "Welcome to the Digital Village: Networking Geographies of Agrarian Change," Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 112(7), pages 2096-2110, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:raagxx:v:112:y:2022:i:7:p:2096-2110
    DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2022.2044752
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    1. Weiwei Li & Ping Zhang & Kaixu Zhao & Hua Chen & Sidong Zhao, 2023. "The Evolution Model of and Factors Influencing Digital Villages: Evidence from Guangxi, China," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-26, March.
    2. Pingping Wang & Chaozhu Li & Chenghao Huang, 2023. "The Impact of Digital Village Construction on County-Level Economic Growth and Its Driving Mechanisms: Evidence from China," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-14, September.
    3. Hilary Oliva Faxon, 2023. "Small farmers, big tech: agrarian commerce and knowledge on Myanmar Facebook," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 40(3), pages 897-911, September.
    4. Ping Zhang & Weiwei Li & Kaixu Zhao & Yi Zhao & Hua Chen & Sidong Zhao, 2023. "The Impact Factors and Management Policy of Digital Village Development: A Case Study of Gansu Province, China," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-32, March.

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