The Tuning of Place: Sociable Spaces and Pervasive Digital Media
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How do pervasive digital devicesa??smartphones, iPods, GPS navigation systems, and cameras, among othersa??influence the way we use spaces? In The Tuning of Place, Richard Coyne argues that these ubiquitous devices and the networks that support them become the means of making incremental adjustments within spacesa??of tuning place. Pervasive media help us formulate a sense of place, writes Coyne, through their capacity to introduce small changes, in the same way that tuning a musical instrument invokes the subtle process of recalibration. Places are inhabited spaces, populated by people, their concerns, memories, stories, conversations, encounters, and artifacts. The tuning of placea??whereby people use their devices in their interactions with one anothera??is also a tuning of social relations. The range of ubiquity is vasta??from the familiar phones and handheld devices through RFID tags, smart badges, dynamic signage, microprocessors in cars and kitchen appliances, wearable...Похожие книги
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