The matter of 'virtual' geographies
The matter of 'virtual' geographies
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DOI：
10.1177/0309132513506270
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发表时间：
2014-06-01
影响因子：
7.1
通讯作者：
Kinsley, Samuel
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作者：
Kinsley, Samuel
地理学家长期以来一直在努力解决数字中介的空间特征。在这方面，“虚拟”作为某种其他的和非物质的已被证明是一个持久的比喻。这里的目的是主张更多地关注数字的物质条件。本文重温了“虚拟”地理的表达，并回顾了最近对数字媒介活动的讨论。为了实质性地解决“虚拟”，人类和技术之间的基本关系被调查为“技术”，使用最近的工作在地理和技术哲学。观察如何，这可能会通知更广泛的理解的空间性和文化。
Geographers have long wrestled with the spatial characteristics of digital mediation. In this regard, 'the virtual' as somehow other and immaterial has proven a persistent trope. The aim here is to argue for a greater attention to the material conditions of the digital. This article revisits the articulation of 'virtual' geographies and reviews recent discussion of digitally mediated activity. To materially address 'the virtual', the fundamental relationship between humans and technology is investigated as 'technics', using recent work in the geographies and philosophy of technology. Observations are made about how this may inform broader understandings of spatiality and culture.