Mobil Medya, Ev İçi Oyun ve Haptik Etnografi

Year 2020, Issue: 12, 69 - 91, 20.11.2020

Ingrid Rıchardson Larissa Hjorth Translator: Aslı Yazıcı Yakın

Abstract

Bu makalede dijital etnografinin maddi, duyusal ve bedensel yönlerini, özellikle ev ortamında mobil medya kullanımı bağlamında araştırıyoruz. Genel hatlarıyla yeni materyalizm çatısı altında ve post fenomenolojinin sağladığı içgörüler çerçevesinde konumlanmış olan yöntemsel yaklaşımımızı, teoride “duyusallık çalışmaları” (sensory turn) olarak anılan tartışma ile karşılaştırıyoruz. Bu çerçevede Avustralya hanehalkları içinde yürütülen araştırmamızda günlük medya kullanımı ve mobil medyanın bedenlenmesini anlamak için bir dizi veri topladık; dokunsal arayüzler içinde ve çevresinde oyunun anlamını keşfetmeye çalıştık. Mobil oyunların bedenlenmiş bilme biçimlerimizin ayrılmaz bir parçası haline geldiği açıkça ortadadır ancak çağdaş kültürün bu gündelik yaşam pratiğini anlayıp yorumlamayı ve arşivlemeyi hedefleyen mobil medya araştırmacılarını bekleyen zorluklar da vardır.

Keywords

Dijital etnografi, ev içi alan, haptik medya, mobil medya, mobil oyunlar, yeni medya, oyun

Mobile Media, Domestic Play and Haptic Ethnography

Abstract

In this article, we explore the material, sensory and corporeal aspects of digital ethnography, primarily in the context of mobile media use in the domestic environment. We align our methodological approach to the ‘sensory turn’ in theory, situated loosely under the rubric of new materialism, and outline the insights that a postphenomenological method can offer. Drawing from our current research into everyday media use conducted within Australian households, which involved a range of data collection methods aimed at capturing the embodiment of mobile media, we explore the significance of play in and around haptic interfaces. Mobile games are evidently integral to our embodied ways of knowing, and there are a number of challenges faced by the mobile media researcher who seeks to document, understand and interpret this contemporary cultural and everyday practice.

Keywords

Digital ethnography, domestic sphere, haptic media, mobile media, mobile games, new media, play

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