[IMC-US] What's the Matter with Indymedia?

[Ryan Kaldari]

Here's the problem specifically with the Tennessee IMC:
If you ask someone in Knoxville, TN which region they belong in, 
they'll say Appalachia (actually they'll say Katuah). If you ask 
someone in Nashville, TN which region they belong to, they'll say 
Southeast (actually they'll say Dirty South, but that's not exactly a 
bioregion). If you ask someone in Memphis, TN which region they belong 
to, they'll say Mississippi Delta (actually they'll say Mississippi 
River since the Delta usually refers to Louisiana). No one west of 
Knoxville would ever admit to living in Appalachia, as it's often used 
as a derogatory term by people elsewhere in the state, i.e. if you call 
someone Appalachian, you're basically calling them a hick. Not sure how 
to fix that one :)
-ryan

On Jul 28, 2005, at 12:30 PM, bht wrote:

> Hey Ryan, all.
>
> portland indymedia is a tool to serve the folks in southern cascadia.  
> it sucks that folks outside of cascadia are having trouble using the 
> cities list, but i guess thats why you have your own sites, and cities 
> lists :-)
>
> the criticisms and praise are quite welsome, and the cities list is 
> being constantly worked on.  the announcement feature for it is here:  
> http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/02/310808.shtml (always at the 
> bottom of the cities list)
>
> i am pretty sure this list was contacted when the cities list was 
> first being arranged, asking folks from various imc's what bioregion 
> they felt they belonged to.  it would be great if anyone who curnetly 
> feels misplaced on the cities list to offer a different placing (even 
> a whole new subheading, if thats what it takes) with some kind of 
> web-based back-up so that folks who are confused can figure out the 
> reasoning behind the placements.
>
> As for appalachia, which has been called into question twice now (by 
> john and ryan...baltimore and tennessee imc) i used this reference 
> from wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachia
>
> Which clearly states that some counties of tennessee and maryland were 
> considered appalachia.  however, since i am not from there, it is open 
> to change as long as you can offer some kind of background for why you 
> want it categorized somehwere else or want to create a new subheading.
> Some things on the forefront i think are Azatlan for southwest and 
> mexico imc's, and redoing what is currently Mississippi Delta, since 
> that one is pretty obvioulsy not the best it could be.
>
> bht
>
> Ryan Kaldari wrote:
>
>> I do agree with her assessment that Portland's "Turtle Island" IMC 
>> list is less than helpful. For example, the first two places I looked 
>> for the Tennessee IMC on the list were "Southeast" and "Mississippi 
>> Delta", but I finally found it in "Appalachia". How anyone from 
>> outside the US would know where to look is beyond me.
>> Ryan Kaldari
>>
>
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