I learnt a new word today: placeblog. (By saying that, I may be showing myself up to be rather behind the times; if that’s the case, then I guess I am behind the times. Oh well.)
Placeblogging is blogging about place (suprisingly), and generally about a place to which one feels a particular connection. It’s hyperlocal blogging: not going far, but going deep. Exploring where one lives. Blogging about a place to which one has a connection, yes, and also blogging in order to build that connection. In so many ways, each of us building a better relationship with where we live is of vital importance.
A few links:
- www.placeblogging.com/
- www.whereproject.org/
- www.placeblogger.com/ (down for maintenance at the moment)
- Blogging Places: Locating Pedagogy in the Whereness of Weblogs