This book is the first postphenomenological analysis of the important roles the cellphone plays in contemporary everydayness. It is an example of a new methodology to study everyday technologies that combines historical research with a philosophical investigation.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I - Historical Variations
- First Historical Variation: Talking Heads
- Second Historical Variation: Texting-at-Hand
- Third Historical Variation: The Kingdom of Multi-media Applications
- Fourth Historical Variation: Sensory Exploration
Interlude: Transforming "I," Technology and World
Part II - Invariants
- First Invariant: Wall-Window-Screen
- Second Invariant: The Quasi-Face of the Cellphone
- Third Invariant: Memory Prosthesis
Summary: Becoming-Mobile
