The Bookshop as an Experiencescape: the future of the physical book and the bookshop in the digital era
(2014) TKAM02 20131Division of Ethnology
- Abstract
- The purpose of this thesis is to position the physical and independent bookshop in the digital era, claiming that they do have a strong place there. The rationale of viewing the bookshop as a space in which an experience can be had, intends to give independent bookshops a guide on how to remain as such. I focused on an English language bookshop in Istanbul, Turkey and conducted fieldwork for 3 months. To evaluate and learn from the findings I used the concept of Experiencescapes and the theories of liminality, fetishism and sign value. The material gathered was all primary and collected by means of interviews, observations and walk-along interviews. The significance of these results is that the shop is to be seen as not only a space in... (More)
- The purpose of this thesis is to position the physical and independent bookshop in the digital era, claiming that they do have a strong place there. The rationale of viewing the bookshop as a space in which an experience can be had, intends to give independent bookshops a guide on how to remain as such. I focused on an English language bookshop in Istanbul, Turkey and conducted fieldwork for 3 months. To evaluate and learn from the findings I used the concept of Experiencescapes and the theories of liminality, fetishism and sign value. The material gathered was all primary and collected by means of interviews, observations and walk-along interviews. The significance of these results is that the shop is to be seen as not only a space in which a book is sold, but also an experience and the values imposed on English language books in Istanbul. These findings will act as a guide for independent bookshops in their battle against digital technologies and alternatives. (Less)
- Abstract (Turkish)
- Makale ozeti
Tezimin amacı fiziksel kitap ve bağımsız kitabevlerinin dijital dönemdeki konumunu belirlemektir. Tezime göre kitap ve kitabevlerinin gelecekte hala güçlü bir konumu olacaktır. Kitabevini “tecrübe yeri (experiencescape)” olarak görme düşüncesi, dijital dönemde kitapevlerinin ayakta kalmalarına yol gösterebilir. Bu çalışma için, İstanbul’daki bir İngilizce kitabevine odaklanıp 3 ay süreyle antropolojik bir araştırma yaptım. Birincil kaynaklarımı hem görüşme hem gözlem hem de “gezerek görüşme (walk-along interview)” aracılığıyla topladım. Topladığım verilere “tecrübe yeri (experiencescape)” konsepti, fetişizm (fetishism), esiktelik (liminality) ve işaret değeri (sign value) kuramlarını uyguladım. Bulgularıma göre, dijital... (More) - Makale ozeti
Tezimin amacı fiziksel kitap ve bağımsız kitabevlerinin dijital dönemdeki konumunu belirlemektir. Tezime göre kitap ve kitabevlerinin gelecekte hala güçlü bir konumu olacaktır. Kitabevini “tecrübe yeri (experiencescape)” olarak görme düşüncesi, dijital dönemde kitapevlerinin ayakta kalmalarına yol gösterebilir. Bu çalışma için, İstanbul’daki bir İngilizce kitabevine odaklanıp 3 ay süreyle antropolojik bir araştırma yaptım. Birincil kaynaklarımı hem görüşme hem gözlem hem de “gezerek görüşme (walk-along interview)” aracılığıyla topladım. Topladığım verilere “tecrübe yeri (experiencescape)” konsepti, fetişizm (fetishism), esiktelik (liminality) ve işaret değeri (sign value) kuramlarını uyguladım. Bulgularıma göre, dijital dönemde kitabevi sadece “kitap için bir ev” değildir. İstanbul’da araştırma yaptığım kitapevinde, satılanın kitaplar değil tecrübenin ve İngilizce kitaplara yüklenen değerlerin olduğunu gördüm. Bu bulgular kitabevlerine dijital teknoloji ve seçeneklere karsı ayakta kalma savaşlarında yardım edebilir. (Less)
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- author
- Hill, George LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- TKAM02 20131
- year
- 2014
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Bookshop, Books, English language, Liminality, Fetishism, Sign value, Reading, Digital era, Experiencescape, Experience economy, Ebooks. Kitabevi, Kitap, İngilizce dili, Esiktelik, Fetişizm, İşaret değeri, Okuma, Dijital dönemi, Deneyim, Ebook.
- language
- English
- id
- 4301167
- date added to LUP
- 2014-11-07 09:30:12
- date last changed
- 2014-11-07 09:30:12
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