Culture vs. Technology

I think it's pretty interesting to consider a point Christensen makes early on in his ethnography. The author states that we've somehow created a dichonomy between culture and technology, almost as if the creation or growth of one inevitably spells disaster for the other. I think he's bang on in stating that this struggle is perceived rather than actual. As he continues to introduce the landscape of his research, he talks about how his observations demonstrated that highly traditional inuit cultures are adopting internet technologies to actually reinforce their culture rather than have it be marginalized. It got me thinking about one of the readings from early on in the course that dealt with the real versus the virtual and the concept of virtuality. 

Culture, for all intents and purposes is just information and the interpreting of said information, so I guess its no surprise that what Christensen speaks about is not really that far out there since the internet is just a means of sharing and transferring information. Sure the medium adds and shapes the message to some degree, as it does the messenger—however, the message, for the most part, is parlayed in virtual space as it would be in real space. I'm not sure if that makes sense, or if I'm explaining it properly, but it just may be worth exploring a little bit when looking at the content of ethnography...