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Walking Through The Screen. Digital Media on The Go

Willim, Robert LU orcid (2007) In Preprint without journal information
Abstract
How can locomotion be combined with the use of screen based digital devices? This paper deals with the ways that GPS (Global Positioning System) is integrated with the mundane practices of wayfinding and moving on foot. I’ve mainly studied how handheld GPS-devices are used by so called geo-cachers. The paper focus on ideas about cognition, spatial awareness and locomotion, and discuss how complex technological systems may slip in and out of the inconspicuous backdrop of everyday

life.
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unpublished
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mundane, mobility, wayfinding, digital media, GPS, the everyday, Tim Ingold, landscape, geocaching, cultural geography, ethnography, place, space, satellite navigation, new media, nature
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Preprint without journal information
publisher
Manne Siegbahn Institute
ISSN
0348-7911
project
Home made: the cultural dynamics of the inconspicuous
language
English
LU publication?
yes
additional info
The paper was presented at The Department of Anthropology, University College London. October 29th 2007 More info about Robert Willim: http://www.robertwillim.com/
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b6d4a359-f9c9-4d54-a160-24217ce81332 (old id 837625)
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2016-04-04 14:20:23
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  year         = {{2007}},
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