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Time of 'Airspace' – Is there anything local in the globalised world?

Let's imagine a script: you and your friend are traveling to a foreign destination. You have booked a room via Airbnb. You will access that room by Uber. After leaving your stuff in Airbnb you will check TripAdvisor to see what are the recommended restaurants in your area. After dinner, you will go sightseeing. You will choose only those sites recommended by a famous travel blogger. Marc Auge in 1992 coined the term 'non-place' that described blank spaces without identity such as airports, hotel hallways, etc. By development of platforms such as Airbnb, Foursquare, Facebook and Instagram seem that we are always traveling to and through the same, generic places that have exposed brick walls, wooden tables, fast internet and craft beer. Arguably, at least half of all world travelers will have the same script, mentioned earlier, on their adventures. The question then arises: have traveling become generic? Since social networking sites are shaping the thought and consequently human actions it is impossible to ask ourselves: is diversity still alive? Is it possible to find authenticity in the World?

local identity ; globalism ; non-place

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