About the Book
Mobile Interface Theory: Embodied Space and Locative Media, by Jason Farman ORDER THE BOOK HERE! Table of Contents: Introduction: The Pathways of Locative Media Chapter 1: Embodiment and the Mobile Interface Chapter 2: Mapping and Representations of Space Chapter 3: Locative Interfaces and Social Media Chapter 4: The Ethics of Immersion in Locative Games Chapter 5: Performances of Asynchronous Time Chapter 6:...
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Introduction
Introduction: The Pathways of Locative Media The term “mobile” has been applied to technologies as early as papyrus, when the written word became transportable across a broad geographic space. Today we typically tend to attribute the word to digital devices such as “mobile” phones, GPS units, tablet computers, and gaming systems. Thus, the notion that mobile technologies are new is indeed shortsighted....
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Chapter 2
Ch. 2 Mapping and Representations of Space How we represent space has everything to do with how we embody that space. Our concepts of culture, identity, and agency all spring from our understanding of bodies’ relationships to the spaces they exist in and move through. Such understandings are conceived out of the various ways space is represented and visualized. The previous chapter focused specifically on my...
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About the Author
Jason Farman is an Assistant Professor of American Studies and a Distinguished Faculty Fellow with the Digital Cultures & Creativity at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has published on such topics as mobile technologies, digital mapping, social media, videogames, digital storytelling, digital performance art, and surveillance. His recent publications include “Mapping the Digital Empire,” which looks at...
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