位置媒介与城市场所:从技术制图到城中漫步

Locative Media and Urban Place:from the Technological Cartography to Walking in the City

技术批判将位置媒介理解成“制图”,并将它与场所对立起来。然而,位置媒介研究中的具身范式从理论上揭示了位置媒介乃至数字媒介与场所的深刻关联;世界各地的位置媒介艺术探索则进一步从实践上展示出场所营造的丰富样态。这表明,在开启“城中漫步”新经验、重构人地关联新可能方面,位置媒介具有相当的潜力和活力。基于此,人们能够更为深入地反思技术批判视野的局限,更加全面地审视新媒介对当代城市生活的积极意义。

Locative media is considered as cartography and opposed to place under the perspective of technology criticism.However,The paradigm of embodiment in media studies reveals the significant relationship between locative media and place theoretically;furthermore,the exploration of locative media art around the world shows varied forms of place-making in practice.These two trends indicate that locative media have potential and vitality for both opening up the new experience of"walking in the city"and reconstructing the new conections between humans and places.Based on this,people can reflect on the limitations of the perspective of technology criticism more deeply and examine the positive impact of new media on contemporary urban life more comprehensively.