Walking The Cognisphere - Navigation and Digital Media on The Go
(2007) Inter: European Cultural Studies Conference p.667-676- Abstract
- The paper deals with the ways an advanced digital technology like GPS (Global Positioning System) is integrated with the mundane practices of wayfinding and moving on foot. I will use N Katherine Hayles take on the concept cognisphere: ”The cognisphere gives a name and shape to the globally interconnected cognitive systems in which humans are increasingly embedded.” The concept deals with the ways that humans and machines are co-existing in complex systems of data flows. Then, how can the ideas about a cognisphere be related to the anthropologist Tim Ingold’s discussions about bodily mobility, walking and cognition? Use of digital media like GPS devices puts the ideas about cognition and mobility in a new light.
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- author
- Willim, Robert
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2007
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- walking, GPS, new media, mobility, navigation, digital media, sitting society
- host publication
- Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings
- pages
- 10 pages
- publisher
- Linköping University Electronic Press
- conference name
- Inter: European Cultural Studies Conference
- conference location
- Linköping, Sweden
- conference dates
- 2007-06-11 - 2007-06-13
- ISSN
- 1650-3686
- 1650-3740
- project
- Home made: the cultural dynamics of the inconspicuous
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- More about Robert Willim: http://www.robertwillim.com/
- id
- a9c7bc9a-7397-46fd-8d18-1f690075264c (old id 834277)
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- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-01 11:36:13
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