CoPresence

1
Co-Presence
2
Everyday Life

• The ritualized activities that occur on a regular
  basis
• Sociological field of studying the common and
  ordinary areas of our lives

3
Social Coordination

• The method by which we navigate our complex
  schedules to synchronize activities with others
• Mobile devices have improved our ability to
  coordinate with others, but also increased our
  reliance on having immediate access to each other

4
Microcoordination

• Ability to make continual shifts to a schedule
• Persistence of social roles outside of their
  typical sphere
• Midcourse adjustments enable shifts to save time
• Iterative adjustments refine appointments
• Softening of schedules and places

5
Mobile Privatization

• Raymond Williams 1974
• The generation of new spaces
• Enable the consumption and communication process
  to be applied in new social, cultural and
  psychological spaces

6
Mental Spaces

• Henri Lefebvre, French sociologist, in his book
  The Production of Space
• Analyzes various forms of space
• Physical space occurs through the materiality of
  the world
• Mental spaces are created by our thoughts
• They engage in symbolism, but are actual and
  shared

7
Situating the Mobile Self

• Mobile technology abolishes distance and nearness
• SMS/MMS technology generate a notion of having
  presence in multiple locations
• SMS/MMS enable a shift to a particularly mobile
  experience

8
Mobile Coordination of Self

• Through mobile technologies the different spheres
  of our lives overlap
• Requires a careful selection of our presentation
  of self
• Enables the transformation of our spaces to those
  we wish to physically occupy