Mapping Techno-Sexuality through Feminist Geography: Inscription, Performativity, and Paradoxical Space
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چکیده
The rise of social media has been accompanied by a rise in spaces devoted to various forms of sexual interaction. While online porn receives the most attention, it is hardly the only form of online sexual content. Examples include erotic uses of Twitter, Second Life, and the Google Maps API. What are the characteristics of technology-mediated intimacy, and how can interaction designers build both practical and theoretical understandings of this important locus of embodied interaction? In this paper, we explore how feminist geography, especially the notions of social inscription, performativity, and paradoxical space can be productive in understanding the changing dynamics between the user, sexuality, and technology.
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