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More-than-human contact, conspicuous mobility, and the digital frontierMatthew W. WilsonAssistant Professor of GeographyBall State [email protected]
11 April 2011
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Feel like a wallflower?Maybe it’s your Facebook wall (Wortham 2011)
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Feel like a wallflower?Maybe it’s your Facebook wall (Wortham 2011)
“As the alerts came in, my mind began to race. Three friends, I learned, had arrived at a music venue near my apartment. But why? What was happening there? Then I saw pictures of other friends enjoying fancy milkshakes at a trendy restaurant. Suddenly, my simple domestic pleasures paled in comparison with the things I could be doing.”
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(more-than-)human contact
• cyborg geographies– recognition of knowledges-in-the-making– composed of partial, contingent practices that
blur machinic/organic materiality
• more-than-human contact– contact is (always-already and) increasingly
mediated– finding an appropriate ‘response’ requires the
inclusion of these digital objects
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geographies of ‘volunteered’
geographic information
Conditions of emergence
Continued development
Production
Re-production / mashup
Limits to re-production
Use / interpretation
Limits to use
Challenges to disciplinary thinking
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geographies of ‘volunteered’
geographic information
Conditions of emergence
Continued development
Production
Re-production / mashup
Limits to re-production
Use / interpretation
Limits to use
Challenges to disciplinary thinking
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“Headphones connected to the iPhone,iPhone connected to the Internet,
connected to the Google,connected to the government.”
(M.I.A., The Message, 2010)
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“Headphones connected to the iPhone,iPhone connected to the Internet,
connected to the Google,connected to the government.”
(M.I.A., The Message, 2010)
• DoD GPS• Representations of global space
– US military hegemony– global capitalism
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“Headphones connected to the iPhone,iPhone connected to the Internet,
connected to the Google,connected to the government.”
(M.I.A., The Message, 2010)
• DoD GPS• Representations of global space
– US military hegemony– global capitalism
• FCC Enhanced 911 LBS
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geographies of ‘volunteered’
geographic information
Conditions of emergence
Continued development
Production
Re-production / mashup
Limits to re-production
Use / interpretation
Limits to use
Challenges to disciplinary thinking
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2001ish
European LBS: bars, food, taxis SMS FriendFinderUS LBS: AT&T Find Friends
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2001ish
European LBS: bars, food, taxis SMS FriendFinderUS LBS: AT&T Find Friends
2005…Google Earth
Google Maps APIDopplr.com
Qype.comLoopt.com
Brightkite.com
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2001ish
European LBS: bars, food, taxis SMS FriendFinderUS LBS: AT&T Find Friends
10 applications that make the most of location(from Biba 2009)
1 Drive fast, avoid the cops (locations of known speed traps): Trapster
2 Sleep easy, we’ll wake you (missing your stop on public transit): iNap
3 Play tag, with strangers: JOYity
4 Call a cab, the easy way (location-aware cab services): Cab4Me
5 Scan a barcode, find a deal (local deals): ShopSavy
6 See the world, through Google’s eyes: Google Earth
7 Train your phone to know its place (location-aware phone ringer settings): Locale
8 Look Up! Be a stellar student (what stars are above): GoSkyWatch
9 Dark Alley? Call for help (location-aware alarm system): SafetyNet
10 Go here when you gotta go (location-aware facility finding): SitOrSquat
2005…Google Earth
Google Maps APIDopplr.com
Qype.comLoopt.com
Brightkite.com
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geographies of ‘volunteered’
geographic information
Conditions of emergence
Continued development
Production
Re-production / mashup
Limits to re-production
Use / interpretation
Limits to use
Challenges to disciplinary thinking
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March 2009 SXSW foursquare Launch
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March 2009 SXSW foursquare Launch
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March 2009 SXSW foursquare Launch
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March 2009 SXSW foursquare Launch
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geographies of ‘volunteered’
geographic information
Conditions of emergence
Continued development
Production
Re-production / mashup
Limits to re-production
Use / interpretation
Limits to use
Challenges to disciplinary thinking
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conspicuous mobility
check ins conspicuous consumption
check ins 6 million users (end of 2010) check ins
380 million check-ins
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geographies of ‘volunteered’
geographic information
Conditions of emergence
Continued development
Production
Re-production / mashup
Limits to re-production
Use / interpretation
Limits to use
Challenges to disciplinary thinking
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geographies of ‘volunteered’
geographic information
Conditions of emergence
Continued development
Production
Re-production / mashup
Limits to re-production
Use / interpretation
Limits to use
Challenges to disciplinary thinking
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geographies of ‘volunteered’
geographic information
Conditions of emergence
Continued development
Production
Re-production / mashup
Limits to re-production
Use / interpretation
Limits to use
Challenges to disciplinary thinking
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geographies of ‘volunteered’
geographic information
Conditions of emergence
Continued development
Production
Re-production / mashup
Limits to re-production
Use / interpretation
Limits to use
Challenges to disciplinary thinking
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the digital frontier
• spatiality of the ‘digital divide’• represents opportunities for constituting new
technocultural practices– attentive to and resistive of ‘conspicuous mobility’
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the digital frontier
• spatiality of the ‘digital divide’• represents opportunities for constituting new
technocultural practices– attentive to and resistive of ‘conspicuous mobility’
• persistent questions:– What are the limitations to drawing upon these
data about mobility?– What are the possibilities for intervention in these
practices, representations, and movements?
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Google Map Marker 2010 by [ Mooi ], Flickr
Friday . 10amTechnologies of Mobility 2Convention Center 204
“Location-based services,conspicuous mobility, andthe location-aware future”