All books are collective projects. This one was the result of the actual collectiveresearch project Digital Borderlands, funded by the Swedish Councilfor Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, whose support wasabsolutely crucial for its success. Additional support came from the SwedishTransport and Communications Research Board, as well as from the National Institutefor Working Life program for Work & Culture in Norrköping, where theproject had its administrative basis. The project organized an international workshopthere in spring 2000, and the invited keynote speakers Brenda Danet, SteveJones, Nina Lykke, and Terje Rasmussen were all important to us, as were all theother thirty participants, mainly from the Nordic countries. Steve Jones’ generousoffer to include this book in his series was particularly wonderful, and it has been agreat pleasure to work with Sophy Craze and her colleagues at Peter Lang Publishers.We finally wish to thank all others who have offered us support, inspirationand information, including informants, colleagues, and friends all over the onlineand offline globe.

Johan Fornäs, Kajsa Klein, Martina Ladendorf,Jenny Sundén, and Malin Sveningsson