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playful mobilities. critical mobilities. Anne Galloway Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology Carleton University. floating points 2 networked art in public space wireless & networked technologies public spaces & social lives play & critical intervention. wireless & networked technologies
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playful mobilities. critical mobilities. Anne Galloway Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology Carleton University
floating points 2 networked art in public space wireless & networked technologies public spaces & social lives play & critical intervention
wireless & networked technologies telegraph & radio. mobile phones. handheld devices. wearable technologies. global positioning. radio frequency identification. wireless networks. hertzian spaces. hybrid performances.
public space mid 1400s “public” identified with the common good early 1500s “public” identified with being open to general observation & scrutiny late 1600s contrasted with “private” or being sheltered by family & friends
public space public space as a special region of socialibility if private = familiar & homogenous, then public = unfamiliar & heterogeneous public life consists of negotiating difference & complexity
public space civility (cosmopolitanism) vs. nature (family) 1700s struggle for public order 1800s protection from public chaos
public space the urban-industrial revolution the capitalist metropolis the privatisation of public space & the fall of public man
public space as networked space
public space as play space
play & critical intervention play as functional & productive pleasure in play = mastery & control rule-bound, goal-oriented, resolvable
play & critical intervention play as seductive pleasure in play = pleasure in other people uncertain, unsolvable, unending
play & critical intervention play as world-building imagining. exploring. expressing. conforming. adapting. subverting.
play & critical intervention using play to critically engage tensions between public & private, production & consumption subjects & objects, performance & representation, freedom & control
play & critical intervention play as (critical) mobility against stability & singularity for ambiguity & multiplicity
wireless & networked art in public space performance. identity. agency. ownership. access. use. authorship. connection. interaction.
playful mobilities. critical mobilities. using social & cultural studies, art and technology to creatively & critically negotiate tensions and create courageous new worlds
Thank you Anne Galloway anne@plsj.org