This article discusses border-crossing interconnections and processes of glocalization in Arab(ic) hip hop culture. It is based on an analysis of collaborative networks among Lebanese and Algerian rappers, and their Twitter networks. This approach is grounded in relational sociology, which assumes that culture is the product of interactions between individuals. Here, two interactions are modeled and analyzed as networks. At first, featurings as a form of artistic collaboration are examined. Secondly, Twitter followings, as an important form of online communication, are focused on. By analyzing network-structures like clusters and node properties like the number of connections to other nodes (degree), this article takes a quantitative viewpoint on a subject matter usually analyzed by qualitative tools. The article’s findings indicate the parallel existence of an Algerian and an Eastern Arab(ic) hip hop community excluding the Maghreb region. Both communities have social media connections to the US-American hip hop scene, while French hip hop seems to only play a bigger role in Algeria.

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黎巴嫩和阿尔及利亚说唱歌手网络中的本地和全球

本文讨论了阿拉伯（嘻哈）嘻哈文化中的跨界互连和全球定位过程。它基于对黎巴嫩和阿尔及利亚说唱歌手之间的协作网络及其Twitter网络的分析。这种方法以关系社会学为基础，它假设文化是个体之间相互作用的产物。在这里，两个交互被建模和分析为网络。首先，将特色作为一种艺术合作形式进行研究。其次，关注Twitter追随者作为一种在线交流的重要形式。通过分析网络结构（如群集）和节点属性（如与其他节点的连接数（度）），本文对通常由定性工具分析的主题采取了定量的观点。这篇文章的发现表明，除了马格里布地区之外，阿尔及利亚人和东部阿拉伯（ic）嘻哈社区同时存在。这两个社区都与美利坚合众国的嘻哈界建立了社交媒体联系，而法国嘻哈似乎只在阿尔及利亚发挥更大的作用。