May 2016
Beginner
296 pages
10h 54m
English
11 Photographic places and digital wayfaring
In this short chapter I elaborate on two concepts which I have used in my existing work, and that I would consider to be part of a theoretical ‘tool box’ that digital media scholars might draw on: place and wayfaring. These concepts, although they were not originally developed in the context of media or photography studies, are useful for thinking about how digital photography is at once technological, virtual and material, often played out through human activity in the world, and also part of the actual environment in which we live and act. However, we can also take this further ...