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Walking The Cognisphere - Navigation and Digital Media on The Go

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Summary, in English

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.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

667-676

Publication/Series

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Linköping University Electronic Press

Topic

  • Ethnology

Keywords

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

Conference name

Inter: European Cultural Studies Conference

Conference date

2007-06-11 - 2007-06-13

Conference place

Linköping, Sweden

Status

Published

Project

  • Home made: the cultural dynamics of the inconspicuous

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1650-3686
  • ISSN: 1650-3740