Walking The Cognisphere - Navigation and Digital Media on The Go

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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.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLinköping Electronic Conference Proceedings
PublisherLinköping University Electronic Press
Pages667-676
Number of pages10
Publication statusPublished - 2007
EventInter: European Cultural Studies Conference - Linköping, Sweden
Duration: 2007 Jun 112007 Jun 13

Publication series

Name
ISSN (Print)1650-3686
ISSN (Electronic)1650-3740

Conference

ConferenceInter: European Cultural Studies Conference
Country/TerritorySweden
CityLinköping
Period2007/06/112007/06/13

Bibliographical note

More about Robert Willim: http://www.robertwillim.com/

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Ethnology

Free keywords

  • walking
  • GPS
  • new media
  • mobility
  • navigation
  • digital media
  • sitting society

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