中國網(wǎng)吧形成中的大眾網(wǎng)絡(luò)接入點【外文翻譯】

1、外文翻譯外文翻譯原文IntercafesinChina:shapingeaccessinapublicspaceMaterialSource:EBSCOAuth：UnknownApublicspacewithdistinctivesocialityComputeraccessinpublicspacesisnotlimitedtoIntercafeslibrariesaswellascomputerbusinesscentersalso

2、provideavailableaccesstothepubliceventhoughsuchaccessinChinaisverylimited.“Acommonfeatureofsuchaccessisthattheyaretargetedtowkrelatedusefultasksratherthanleisureactivities“(Lagran&Stewart2003p.358).IncontrasttothistheInt

3、ercafeprovidesnotonlytechnologybutalsoanatmosphereconducivetorecreationentertainment.IntheWesttherewasatraditionfpeopleinlocalcommunitiestomeettoeatdrinktalkplaygamesinplacessuchastavernspubscafes.Cafesinthe18thcenturywe

4、recentersofcommunityfinfmaldiscussionofpoliticslocalaffairsculturewerefrequentedbycertainsocialgroups.“Perhapsmethantraditionaldrinkingestablishmentsinfmationwascentraltoearlycoffeeshops“(Lagran&Stewart2003p.358).InChina

5、althoughtherehasneverbeenarealpubcultureteahouseshadareputationofsuchinfmalexchangeofinfmationlocalaswellasnationaleconomicaswellaspoliticalissueswerediscussedinsuchestablishments.Howeversuchteahouseshavelongdiedout.Them

6、oderncoffeeshopsteahousesinurbancentersinChinaarecomparativelynewexpensivebusinessestablishmentswhoseclientelearemostlyurbanelite.IncontrasttheIntercafehasshownanunprecedentedappealtomillionsofpeopleinavarietyofcommuniti

7、eswithitsfundamentalroleofinfmationcommunicationentertainment.TomanyregularstheIntercafehasbecomeathirdplacetothemnexttowkshome.Theroleofcafeasa“thirdplace“hasbeentheizedwrittenaboutpassionatelybyOldenburg(1999).Oldenbur

8、g(1999)contendsthatcafesareimptantplacesofcommunitydistinctfromhomewk.Heclassifiescafeswithinabroadercategyofsocialsitewhichhedubsas“thirdplaces“.Thesethirdplacesshareimptantacteristicswhichcreateadistinctivefmofsocialit

9、y:[They]existonneutralgroundservetoleveltheirgueststoaconditionofarethattheyalljuxtaposeseveralincompatiblespacesinarealplace.Foucaultsexamplesofheterotopiasrangefromthecemeterytothecinema.Inadditiontothespatialconcepthe

10、terotopiasalsobreakwith“traditionaltime“byopeningontoother“slicesoftime“(p.25).AccdingtoLiffSteward(2003)theIntercafejuxtaposesthevirtualwldof“cyber“spacetherealsocialplaceofthe“cafe“enablingtheextensionofthe“wkreach“ofi

11、tsusersbeyondtheirexistingsocialrelationships(Castells1996)suggestingthatheterotopiamightbeanappropriateconceptfthedesignationoftheIntercafeasadistinctivetypeofsocialsite.ConfiguringtheIntercafe“TheInterasameaningfulphen

12、omenononlyexistsinparticularplaces“(Miller&Slater2000p.1).HowtheIntertakesmeaninginanIntercafeinLondonmaybedifferentfromhowittakesmeaninginanIntercafeinBeijingSeoul.ThetranslatingofthemeaningoftheInterintopracticeinChina

13、isaprocessofconfiguringthenewtechnologyinparticulartechnosocialspaces.ThedevelopmentoftheIntertechnologydoesnotstopwithitsemergenceintouse.Thetechnologicalendproductsembodyconceptsofdesigninexplicitimplicitideasaprocessw

14、idelydescribedas“configuringtheuser“(Woolgar1991).Howevertheconfiguringprocessalsoincludeshowtheusersconfigurethetechnologythroughfexampleadoptingrejectingparticularmodelsusingnotusingparticularfeaturesevenusingtheminway

15、sunanticipatedbythosewhodesignedproducedthem.“Configurationliberallyreferstothearrangementshapeofmaterialartifactstoconfigurebeingdefinedastosetupfoperationespeciallyinaparticularway“(Lagran&Stewart2003.p.360).Theconcept

16、ismecommonlyusedtodescribethewayinwhichcomputersaresetupftheneedsofaparticularuser.InfacttheconfiguringprocessthatcanbeobservedinIntercafesinChinaisquiteinteractive.Theusersareconfiguredbybothcomputersotherhardwarewhileu

17、sersthemselvesasactsaspartoftheIntercafealsoconfigurethelayoutmaterialactants.Fexamplethehardwareincludingcomputerswebcamsmicrophonestogetherwithgamesoftwarecensingsoftwaredeterminewhatgamescanbeplayedwhatactivitiesmaybe