The Augmented Reality of Pokémon Go

This volume examines the complexities created by Poké mon GO-the smartphone augmented reality game- from an anthropological perspective. Through detailed text analyses, links to wider issues, and the phenomenology of playing, this collection provides nuanced studies of how Poké mon GO created a new way to inhabit the world.

Foreword: Poké monology on the GO by Anne Allison


Introduction: Analyzing the Augmented Reality World of Poké mon GO by Neriko Musha Doerr and Debra J. Occhi


Chapter 1: Poké mon and the Environment by Elle Sentry


Chapter 2: The Politics of Intersecting Landscapes: Chronotopes and Modes of Governmentality of Poké mon GO and the Real World by Neriko Musha Doerr


Chapter 3: Botanizing on the Asphalt: The "Poké -Flaneur" and the Virtual Urban Wildlife of Poké mon GO by Paul Manning


Chapter 4: Social and Affective Implications of Poké mon GO in Japanese Contexts: "Mind your Manners and Have Fun" by Debra J. Occhi


Afterword by Bonnie Nardi