Silicon Valley is a space in Northern California, which is a main center for numerous web-based corporations, high-tech manufacturing, and innovators. It is a high cost area to live in and is one of the most expensive areas in the United States. The ethnographic subject is a computer engineer woman who is a computer engineer that uses the space to commute and works in the technology industry to create valuable products and services for others. The representations of space of the valley were constructed by professionals with the intent of symbolizing or conceptualizing the region as the world-leading center for technology and dominating the space with tech industries. Originally the name of the space was called the “Valley of Heart’s and Delight” due to all the orchards and the fruits, however as more firms concentrated in the space these firms progressively replaced the space completely giving it a new name and meaning. As time passed and things changed just like Merrifield said, “Each Mode of production has its own particular space, and the shift from another must entail the production of a new space; the industrial capitalism dismantled feudal space” (Merrifield, 2006: 108). Being a wealthy area also causes a resistant …show more content…
Department of Defense spending. Stanford University leadership also played a crucial role in the valleys. Micro forces that produced this space are the hundreds of thousands information technology workers that are employed in the area. This space is collectively used by technologists for development and the beginning start-up of many companies, which allows us to understand the type of space of representation. Other important factors that created the industrial powerhouse we see today are the passion to play with technology combined with a technology background such as an engineering or computer science degree plus clever