A connective ethnography of a file sharing practice: the Bulgarian case
Abstract
This text is a summary of my dissertation where I try to show some key points of the study. I chose to discuss very concisely the motivations that have led me to conduct the study in Bulgaria but also my methodological inspiration and the fieldwork I have done. Here, I also introduce the three main actors in the network of relations, constructed as a result of the ethnographic study: Internet Providers, Torrents Trackers and Subtitling pages.Keywords
Ethnography, File Sharing, Online Communities, Social NetworksReferences
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