Locating the Mobile

Understanding Mundane Locative Media Practice in Households
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-319-67127-7
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, Book, Format (B × H): 113 mm x 183 mm, Gewicht: 125 g

Reihe: Digital Ethnography

This open access book explores the often contradictory relationship between kinship and digital change and upheaval. The authors develop the idea of ‘digital kinship’ as a conceptual avenue through which to examine the role of the digital and wider issues concerning cultural and family practices and routines. The examples outlined in the book confirm the diverse ways in which locative media are incorporated into the daily life of households. The ‘digital,’ ‘visual,’ and ‘playful kinships’ discussed provide three useful methods for exploring this theme by addressing histories and memories. This approach allows the researchers to examine embodied and affective features of mundane everyday life that involve digital media practices.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hjorth, Larissa

Pink, Sarah

Horst, Heather

Kato, Fumitoshi

Zhou, Baohua

Sinanan, Jolynna

Ohashi, Kana

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Digitale Medien, Internet, Telekommunikation
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Researching Locative Media in Families: “Knowing Hands” Methods2. Haptic Play and Screens: Touching Screens and Affect
Part I: Digital Kinship
3. Location as Gift4. Beyond Platform Studies: Understanding Digital Genealogy5. Friendly “Social Surveillance”: Emotional Ties and Social Dynamics

Part II: Visualising Kinship
6. Sharing and Cross-Cultural Personal Collecting and Diarisation7. Visual Genres: Picture Sharing Genres and Social Media Discussion in Families8. Circulation of Mundane Intimacy9. Conclusion: Playful Kinship

Über Autor(innen)

Larissa Hjorth is Professor in the Games Program at the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Australia.
Sarah Pink is Distinguished Professor and Director of the Digital Ethnography Research Centre at RMIT University, Australia.
Heather Horst is Professor of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Australia.
Fumitoshi Kato is Professor in the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies at Keio University, Japan.
Baohua Zhou is Professor and Assistant Dean at the School of Journalism at Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Jolynna Sinanan is Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Media and Communications at RMIT University, Australia.
Kana Ohashi is a doctoral student at the Graduate School of Media and Governance at Keio University, Japan.