“By technoscape, I mean the global configuration, also every fluid, of technology and the fact that technology, both high and low, both mechanical and informational, now moves at high speeds across various kinds of previously impervious boundaries.” (515)
After our discussion of Appadurai in class today, his concept of technoscapes (and in extension, mediascapes) was the one that resonated the most with me. In this quote, Appadurai talks about how technology, in our modern times, is able to rapidly move across country borders, both physically and digitally. When we receive information now, it is almost instantaneous. News stories have reports written about them minutes after an event happens. This idea of rapid technological exchange is one, Appadurai argues, causes the disjuncture in our current global landscape.
Currently, I am in a political media class with Dr. Schoen. We just read about climate change as a topic and how it is approached by the media. In the article we read for the class, argues that the reason climate change has become a partisan issue is that the facts of the case are never presented.People did not understand the reach of technology and are not told about it. The reason I bring this up is that the article talks about many people, within the United States and other countries, are unaware of the technology and resources we could use to help with climate change. People do not have access in some countries to the technology that would make their lives easier, as well as help the environment. In my opinion, this is the “disjuncture” that Appadurai brings up. Even though we live in a “technoscape,” where technology and digital information can be sent in a matter of seconds, different parts of the world are out of the technoscape. Thus the disjuncture present in the current
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