[Air-L] Article/literature on "conceptions of space/place" for teaching

Jason Farman jasonfarman at gmail.com
Mon Apr 6 10:21:56 PDT 2015 

Hi Daniel and the AoIR list,
A couple of years ago I taught a graduate seminar titled "Space, Place, and
Identity in the Digital Age" that might be of interest. It has many of the
readings already discussed, but a couple more that deal with issues like
transnational identity, diaspora, telepresence, urban life, and mobile
media spaces. You can access the syllabus here:

http://jasonfarman.com/amst628n/course-syllabus/

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this list. I'm thrilled to see
such engagement around topics of space and place!
Best,
Jason

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Director, Design | Cultures + Creativity Program
Assistant Professor of American Studies
Faculty Member, Human-Computer Interaction Lab
University of Maryland, College Park
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On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Alex Gekker <gekker.alex at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Daniel, list,
>
> I'm Loving this reference list arising here!
> From my own spatial experience, I would second Lefebvre as a crucial source
> and strongly recommend Stuart Elden's take on him: "There is a Politics of
> Space because Space is Political: Henri Lefebvre and the Production of
> Space"
>
> https://progressivegeographies.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/there-is-a-politics-of-space.pdf
>
> Additionally, Certeau's "*The Practice of Everyday Life" *has a chapter
> called "Walking in the City", which was later incorporated by Nigel Thrify
> into his "Driving in the City" (also as a chapter in Non-representational
> Theory book). Both make IMO a great reading and class discussion material,
> especially on the transition to digitalized spaces.
>
> regards,
> Alex.
>
>  =======
>
> Alex Gekker, PhD Candidate (Promovendus), Media and Culture, Utrecht
> University.
> Charting the Digital http://www.digitalcartography.eu/
> http://alexgekker.com
> a.gekker at uu.nl <//a.gekker at uu.nl> || Muntstraat 2a Room 2.10a
>
>
>
>
>
> On 6 April 2015 at 11:54, Lara Salinas <lara.salinas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear community,
> >
> > I am really exited with the list we are creating! The topic Daniel asked
> > about is quite close to my thesis dissertation topic so I have been
> > following the conversation closely.
> >
> > I think that most ³must-read² has been already referenced. Annette
> > Markham¹s suggestions are definitely a must. Lefebvre has also been
> > suggested. I would also suggest the following texts:
> >
> > Graham, S. (1998). The end of geography or the explosion of place?
> > Conceptualizing space, place and information technology. Human Geography,
> > 22(2), 165­185
> > Benedikt, M. (1991). Cyberspace: First Steps.
> > Nunes, M. (2006). Cyberspaces of Everyday Life.
> >
> > As Ella, space is central to my research, and I¹d love to continue this
> > conversation!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Lara Salinas
> > Doctoral candidate at The Creative Exchange
> > ImaginationLancaster
> > Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts
> > Lancaster University
> >
> >
> > http://thecreativeexchange.org/people/lara-salinas
> > http://larasalinas.com
> > @LaraCSalinas
> > Skype @lara_8411
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 05/04/2015 11:22, "Yuwei Lin" <yuwei.lin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Hi Daniel,
> > >
> > >Would you be interested in exploring co-construction of knowledge about
> a
> > >place?
> > >
> > >I've been researching the dynamics within voluntary geographical
> > >information systems and have done a case study on the free/open source
> > >software project - OpenStreetMap. In this paper, I investigated
> > >different interests in mapping a place, and perceptions of a free/open
> > >source Map co-produced through wikification -
> > >
> > >Lin, Y.-W. (2011). 'A qualitative enquiry into OpenStreetMap making'.
> > >New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 17(1), 53-71.
> > >(DOI:10.1080/13614568.2011.552647)
> > >
> http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13614568.2011.552647#abstract
> > >
> > >Perhaps of interest.
> > >
> > >Best wishes,
> > >Yuwei
> > >
> > >On 3 April 2015 at 20:44, Daniel Kunzelmann <kunzelmann.daniel at yahoo.de
> >
> > >wrote:
> > >> Dear all,
> > >>
> > >> Anyone wants to share their *must-read* with me?
> > >>
> > >> I'm teaching an undergraduate course this upcoming semester in the
> > >>field of
> > >> *digital anthropology*. The seminars title: "*Place. Culture.
> > >>Cybersp_ace.*
> > >> Cultural and Social Anthropological conceptions of space/place
> ["Raum"]
> > >>in
> > >> the context of digital transformations." (the German title is a bit
> > >> difficult to translate, because "Raum" seems to have a wider notion).
> > >>
> > >> Together with my students I want to discuss *how
> > >>digitalization/digitization
> > >> changes todays places/spaces and our conceptions of those (physical,
> > >>social,
> > >> political, urban, hybrid, etc.)*. By "digitalization/digitization" I
> > >>mean
> > >> the empirical - material and symbolic - phenomena, not the concept
> (e.g.
> > >> locative media-in-use, digital infrastructures, social media, etc.).
> > >>Using
> > >> theoretical texts, I want them to acquire *knowledge on the key
> > >>concepts of
> > >> "space" and/or "place".* How can we think space and/or place? And how
> > >>can we
> > >> apply such concepts in order to better understand todays digital
> > >> developments in many spheres of (everday) life?
> > >>
> > >> My idea would be to teach *two types of concepts*:
> > >>
> > >> a.) *"new"* Cultural and Social Anthropological concepts and theories
> of
> > >> space/place that *explicitly talk about and refer to digital
> phenomena.*
> > >> b.) *"classical"* ones that do *NOT explicitly talk about these
> > >>issues*, but
> > >> that you would consider highly applicable to understand such
> phenomena.
> > >>
> > >> I'd be very happy if you would share your knowledge and insights with
> > >>me and
> > >> my students :-)
> > >>
> > >> Wishing you a happy Eastern from stormy Munich,
> > >> Daniel
> > >>
> > >> *----------------------------------------------------------------**
> > >> **Daniel Kunzelmann, Ph.D.c**
> > >> **Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich**
> > >> **Institute of Cultural Anthropology/European Ethnology**
> > >> **
> > >> **Oettingenstr. 67**
> > >> **D-80538 München**
> > >> **
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> > >> **linkedin **
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> > >> **mail           daniel.kunzelmann at gmx.de*
> > >>
> > >>
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