[Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 129, Issue 8

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Great list so far!

I taught a communications undergrad course "which bodies? which spaces?' and we did several modules on digital / online space.
I highly recommend Sara Ahmed's work on directedness, orientation and space to get them thinking about embodiment.
Ahmed, Sara. (2006) Queer Phenomenology Ch. 1: Orientations Towards Objects, section “Inhabiting Spaces” (51-63). Durham: Duke University Press.

Some of our Readings that might be useful towards thinking the digital :

Lefebrve, Henri. “The Production of Space.” In Gieseking, Jen J. And William Mangold, (Eds.), The People, Place, and Space Reader. (289-293). London: Routledge.

Debord, Guy. “Theory of the Dérive and Definitions.” In Gieseking, Jen J. And William Mangold, (Eds.), The People, Place, and Space Reader. (65-69). London: Routledge.

Situationist Manifesto (1960) http://www.cddc.vt.edu/sionline/si/manifesto.html

Guy  Debord. (1959) ‘Détournement as Negation and Prelude’, Bureau of Public Secrets. http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/3.detourn.htm

Farman, Jason (2012). Mobile Interface Theory Ch. 2 “Mapping and Representations of Space” (35-55) London: Routledge. http://mobileinterfacetheory.com/ch-2/

Elkin, Lauren. (2014). “Crazy Cartography: Artists and Writers Conjure a Slew of Imaginative Maps”

  http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/13/crazy-cartography-artists-and-writers-conjure-a-slew-of-imaginative-maps.html

Case Study:

Where You Are: A Collection of Maps That Will Leave You Feeling Completely Lost

http://where-you-are.com/

The Racial Dot Map http://www.wired.com/2013/08/how-segregated-is-your-city-this-eye-opening-map-shows-you/

Farman, Jason. (2012). Mobile Interface Theory Ch. 1 “Embodiment and the Mobile Interface” (16-34) London: Routledge.

Hemment, Drew. ( 2006). “Locative arts<https://coms324.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/39-4hemment.pdf>.” Leonardo: the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology 39(4): 348-355.

Case Study:

Electronic Disturbance Theatre’s Transborder Immigrant Toolhttp://bang.transreal.org/transborder-immigrant-tool/

Senft, Theresa. (2008). Camgirls: Celebrity and Community in the Age of Social Networks. Ch.1. (15-31).

Haraway, Donna. (1991). “Cyborg–Manifesto<https://coms324.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/haraway-cyborgmanifesto.pdf>.” IN SIMIANS, CYBORGS AND WOMEN: THE REINVENTION OF NATURE. New York: Routledge, 149-181.

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Magdalena Olszanowski, Instructor, PhD Student, SSHRC Fellow
Senior Research Assistant, Mobile Media Lab<http://mobilities.ca>
HASTAC Scholar
Communication Studies
Concordia University
Montreal, QC

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Yes, this fantastic.

My I suggest two pieces that I wrote some time ago that situate the relationship space and place within specific examples of empirical analysis: "Story Spaces of Power" in The "Better Angels" of Capitalism: Rhetoric, Narrative and Moral Identity Among Men of the American Upper Class and "Mapping the Beat: The Space of Noise and the Place of Music" in Mapping the Beat: Popular Music and Contemporary Theory. Both are  circulating in pdf form around the Internet even though they are out of print.

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Hi all,
It is definitely nice to see all this interest in space and place from this
list. One reading I'd recommend is Doreen Massey's *For Space*. It's one of
the more thoughtful engagements I'm aware of on spatial issues.

I can't wait to read some of these resources.

Best,
Jordan

On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Candice Roberts <
candice.d.roberts at gmail.com> wrote:

To echo Jason and others, it is nice to see the interest around space and
place. I'd like to add a plug for the Space and Place Project
<
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/space-and-place/call-for-papers/

Global Conference, organized by inter-disciplinary.net. I presented there
last year and was really impressed with the thoughtful exploration of
issues around space and place and the highly engaged group of
interdisciplinary, international scholars. You can also check out the
Project Archives through the above link, which could provide additional
information on readings and researchers of interest.

cheers,
candice

On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 1:21 PM, Jason Farman <jasonfarman at gmail.com>
wrote:

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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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.

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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 ?must-read? has been already referenced. Annette
Markham?s 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), 165?185
Benedikt, M. (1991). Cyberspace: First Steps.
Nunes, M. (2006). Cyberspaces of Everyday Life.

As Ella, space is central to my research, and I?d 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

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Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2015 23:14:41 +0200
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Dear list!

To all the ones who have contributed their must-read so far: you rock!

Since some of you have already asked me whether I will collect the
suggestions and put them together into a small bibliography? Yes, I
will! However, this will take a while. I do have to prepare my teaching
now :)

best,
Daniel

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 M?nchen**
**
**twitter **der_kunzelmann<https://twitter.com/der_kunzelmann>**
**blog **http://transformations-blog.com/daniel-kunzelmann/**
**web **http://unibas.academia.edu/DanielKunzelmann**
**linkedin **https://www.linkedin.com/pub/daniel-kunzelmann/7b/426/9a5**
**maildaniel.kunzelmann at gmx.de*

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