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Locative Media

Objectives

Course unit of introduction to the theoretical-conceptual framework and
applied domain of mobile communication and location-based media.
Starting from a transdisciplinary approach to emerging mobility, the unit is aimed at digital experimentation on mobile interfaces and aims to:

OBJ1: Provide students with knowledge of history and future perspectives on locative media as technological, situated and navigational ways of expressing and understanding space, place and culture;

OBJ2: Train students in the design and production of content dedicated to locative media.

General characterization

Code

01105315

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Paulo Nuno Gouveia Vicente

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 168

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

N/A

Bibliography

  • Wilken, R. & Goggin, G. (2014). Locative Media. Routledge.
  • Goggin, G. & Hjorth, L. (2014). The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media. Routledge.
  • Farman, J. (2013). Mobile Interface Theory: Embodied Space and Locative Media. Routledge.
  • Unger, K. & Novak, J (2011). Game development essentials: Mobile Game Development.

Teaching method

The curricular unit is organized in two components: (1) theoretical-practical, predominantly expository, presenting concepts, theories and techniques, discussing its implications in subgroups and in plenary; the analytical appropriation of concepts, theories and practices is carried out actively, using dynamics of direct participation by students; (2) laboratory, predominantly oriented towards the application of technological knowledge and its fundamentals, favoring the agile creation of low and high fidelity prototypes. Theoretical-practical evaluation - includes two elements of evaluation (individual - frequency (20% of the final classification); in subgroups - research and experimentation exercises (20% of the final classification); Laboratory evaluation - includes two elements of evaluation (individual and in subgroups - creation and prototyping exercises (20% of the final classification); in subgroups - final prototype (40% of the final classification).

Evaluation method

Continuous Assessment - Laboratory evaluation: Creation and prototyping exercises individual and in subgroups (20%); Final prototype in subgroups (40%) (60%), Theoretical-practical evaluation: Individual frequency (20%); Research and experimentation exercises in subgroups (20%)(40%)

Subject matter

Module 1: History of Locative Media: From postcards to "smarthphones"

Module 2: Portable Communities: Social Platforms and Spatial Representations

Module 3: Georeferencing technologies, surveillance and privacy policies

Module 4: Introduction to the theory and practice of tangible interfaces

Module 5: Mobile digital games, creativity and cultural practices