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Alex M. Ingersoll is Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Production in the Division of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He received his Ph.D. from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, focusing on media and technology studies. His research, teaching, and creative interests revolve around the theory, history, criticism, and production of film, television, and video to new digital media platforms. He is particularly interested in technologies of spatial representation, orientation, and navigation. His recent work deals with a media archaeological account of orientation and navigation technologies as a way to analyze their contributions to the social imaginations of space and to map new terrain for digital media culture.
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
-Ph.D. Communication Studies (Media & Technology)
The University of Colorado at Boulder
-M.A. Mass Communication Research
The University of Iowa
-B.A. Communication Studies (Media Studies with Honors)
-B.A. Cinema Studies
Supervisors: Dr. Ken Hillis
Phone: 715.346.4136
Address: The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Division of Communication
1101 Reserve Street, CAC 309
Stevens Point, WI 54481-3897
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When connected to a network, locative media encompass a range of technological, bodily, spatial, ... more When connected to a network, locative media encompass a range of technological, bodily, spatial, and cultural components that are not completely unique to contemporary technologies. This paper suggests that the marginalized history of divining rods can be linked to a historical constellation of which locative media are the latest manifestation. This archaeological approach takes into account forgotten continuities with the divining rod, which as an orientation device, is often disarticulated from contemporary network technologies. The result is a focus on the desire to reveal extra dimensions of space or the networked externalization of consciousness – a desire that some see realized via the mediation of the digital network.
From the act of leisurely strolling through the streets to a tactical engagement with power, the ... more From the act of leisurely strolling through the streets to a tactical engagement with power, the experience of walking the city has encompassed a range of meanings and uses. Today, the dynamic interactions between information and geographic space have only added to these discussions. 1 Both computer engineers and technologically equipped users have been moving towards ways of merging information technologies with the physical spatiality of everyday life. Locative media (or location-based services) are one example of devices and applications in which the user's precise geographical context becomes a determining factor for networked interactions. This paper is an attempt to contribute to the discussion surrounding mobility, technology, and space by focusing on a specific use of locative media. I point to a case that utilizes "data shadows" pulled from geotagging and public authoring platforms embedded within the popular photo hosting and sharing website, Flickr. This spatiotemporal data has not only provided a set of tools to illustrate the dynamics of mobility patterns in urban space; it has also been offered as a new service commodity. I argue that these locative devices are part of a broader "externalization of labor" in which the labor of the paid service worker is offset to the unpaid service
UMI, ProQuest ® Dissertations & Theses. The world's most... more UMI, ProQuest ® Dissertations & Theses. The world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. Learn more... ProQuest, Place in flows: A continuum of virtual transduction and the work of locating the mobile mob. ...
When connected to a network, locative media encompass a range of technological, bodily, spatial, ... more When connected to a network, locative media encompass a range of technological, bodily, spatial, and cultural components that are not completely unique to contemporary technologies. This paper suggests that the marginalized history of divining rods can be linked to a historical constellation of which locative media are the latest manifestation. This archaeological approach takes into account forgotten continuities with the divining rod, which as an orientation device, is often disarticulated from contemporary network technologies. The result is a focus on the desire to reveal extra dimensions of space or the networked externalization of consciousness – a desire that some see realized via the mediation of the digital network.
From the act of leisurely strolling through the streets to a tactical engagement with power, the ... more From the act of leisurely strolling through the streets to a tactical engagement with power, the experience of walking the city has encompassed a range of meanings and uses. Today, the dynamic interactions between information and geographic space have only added to these discussions. 1 Both computer engineers and technologically equipped users have been moving towards ways of merging information technologies with the physical spatiality of everyday life. Locative media (or location-based services) are one example of devices and applications in which the user's precise geographical context becomes a determining factor for networked interactions. This paper is an attempt to contribute to the discussion surrounding mobility, technology, and space by focusing on a specific use of locative media. I point to a case that utilizes "data shadows" pulled from geotagging and public authoring platforms embedded within the popular photo hosting and sharing website, Flickr. This spatiotemporal data has not only provided a set of tools to illustrate the dynamics of mobility patterns in urban space; it has also been offered as a new service commodity. I argue that these locative devices are part of a broader "externalization of labor" in which the labor of the paid service worker is offset to the unpaid service
UMI, ProQuest ® Dissertations & Theses. The world's most... more UMI, ProQuest ® Dissertations & Theses. The world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. Learn more... ProQuest, Place in flows: A continuum of virtual transduction and the work of locating the mobile mob. ...