Tracing the Indian Diaspora in Cyberspace
Tracing the Indian Diaspora in Cyberspace by Dr Eric Leclerc Associate Professor (HDR) in geography at the University of Rouen and a member of the ERIAC EA 4307 (Interdisciplinary Research Team on Cultural Areas) 20 December 2013, CSSS II, JNU As part of the e-atlas diaspora, my research is a first quantitative exploration of the presence of the Indian diaspora in cyberspace. The problematic is organized around three axes: first a definition of the Indian diaspora itself, as expressed on the Web and not by the Indian government; secondly a geolocation of the Indian diaspora in cyberspace compared with its spatial distribution; thirdly a temporal approach to identify events that encourages its appearance in th