2. Merger of urban space with bits
No longer a distinction between actual
physical space and cyberspace
ICTS intertwined with rhythms of everyday life
Content: short-concise text, pictures and video
Cultures of the now
1990s 2010s
3. USE OF SMS
set up meetings, exchange gossip and information, share reminders
(Kopomma, 2005, Castells 2007).
communication with someone far way (Kopomma 2005).
effective in arranging a rendezvous, communicating feelings, or asking a
question (Döring 2003, Koskinen 2005, Castells 2007).
allows for flexible fixing of timings and meeting places (Ito and Okabe 2005).
coordinate activities and meetings (Arminen 2009, Licoppe et al. 2009, Ling 2005).
emotional grooming maintaining a relationship (Ling et al. 2005, Ling 2005).
negotiate between work appointments and friends (Licoppe et al. 2009).
includes information commands and requests (Ling 2005).
keep contact and transmit personal information (Kopomaa 2004).
text messages can embody particular thoughts and evoke memories (Berg et
al. 2005).
communicates ‘things that would happen in the next hours or next day” (Ling
et al. 2005).
4. Temporal elements in SMS
frequency and duration of exchange (Döring and Pöschl 2009:
113).
temporal signature - the time it was compiled and
received (Berg et al. 2005: 276, Döring and Pöschl 2009: 110).
speed at which a message is replied (Ito 2005: 145, Döring and
Pöschl 2009: 111).
short response time conveys intimacy (Döring and Pöschl 2009:
111).
meaning dependent on the sender’s location and
proximity to the recipient (Döring and Pöschl 2009: 115).
5. MMS and Cameraphone image
Made to be shared
Proximity from capture to view
two kinds of capturing; ‘affective’ (memory) and ‘functional’ (documenting) (Kindberg et
al. 2004).
“visual note taking” - “kind of everyday journalism” (Ito and Okabe 2006).
more likely to be shared than sent (Kindberg et al. 2004, 12, Koskinen 2008).
ways of sharing; face-to-face, ‘in the moment’ and ‘ad hoc sharing in social settings’
(Kindberg et al. 2004).
most likely to be shared on social media sites (Van House and Davis 2005, Van House 2005, Ito
and Okabe 2005, 2006, Koskinen 2008).
amongst couples content tends to be mundane (Koskinen 2008).
a certain kind of banality built-in, depicting mundane and banal tasks and
experiences from everyday life - not everything can be made interesting (Koskinen
2007).
banality of MMS accounts for losing recipients’ interest (Koskinen 2008, 2007, Ito et al. 2005,
Ling 2005 and Döring et al. 2006).
necessity to use text to explain image reason for MMS unpopularity (Ling et al. 2005,
Koskinen 2007), SMS is more intimate (Ito and Okabe 2006).
6. Cultures of the Now
Status update culture:
Telegraph - ICQ, Instant messaging - SMS - Status update
UGC
Sharing in the moment
Performativity
7. UGC User Generate Content
Event took place very recently7 July 2005 London
Bombings
Proximity from capture to view
Low and jerky image quality
grant authentic character Arab Spring
8 August 2011 London
8. Duration and Rhythmology
Duration Rhythm
the "prolongation of the past The Rhythmanalysist “thinks
into the present" (Ansell Pearson with his body, not in
and Mullarkey: 2002) abstract, but in lived
mix of memories, sensory temporality” (Lefebvre 1992: 21).
stimulants and extensities “Rhythm therefore brings
with it a differentiated time,
a qualified duration” (ibid:78).
“rhythm enters into the lived”
(ibid: 77).
Unit of diverse relations
9. Common Elements
Duration and Rhythmology
Duration Rhythmanalysis
The lived experience (reality) as always
something in the making
Theory of Moments
Body
The individual and lived temporality
The reality of the lived experience
11. Examples
The Beat - http://sm.rutgers.edu/thebeat
http://www.searchinstagram.com
#londongram #athenscitygram
Rhythm of Capitalism -
http://rhythmofcapitalism.wordpress.com
The Creative Commons Athens -
http://www.meipi.org/mappingthecommons
12. The Lived Now
Time-based media in the form of short concise
text, pictures and video, circulated amongst
peers and uploaded online
Street-level viewpoint
Ephemeral quality
Snap shooting reality
Observational tools for the
Rhythmanalysist ?
Reproduction of the now - Always living in
the moment ?
