Amsterdam University Press Digital Media Practices in Households: Kinship through Data (MediaMatters)

Product Description How are intergenerational relationships playing out in and through the digital rhythms of the household? Through extensive fieldwork in Tokyo, Shanghai and Melbourne, this book ethnographically explores how households are being understood, articulated and defined by digital media practices. It investigates the rise of self-tracking, quantified self and informal practices of care at distance as part of contemporary household dynamics. From the Back Cover How are intergenerational relationships playing out in and through the digital rhythms of the household? Through extensive fieldwork in Tokyo, Shanghai and Melbourne, this book ethnographically explores how households are being understood, articulated and defined by digital media practices. It investigates the rise of self-tracking, quantified self and informal practices of care at distance as part of contemporary household dynamics. About the Author Larissa Hjorth is a digital ethnographer, artist, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Design & Creative Practice Platform at RMIT University, Australia. She is a Visiting Professor at the Center for Co*Design at Osaka University, Japan.Kana Ohashi is a postdoc fellow at the Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Japan.Jolynna Sinanan is a senior research fellow at in the School of Media and Communication at University of Sydney, Australia.Heather Horst is Professor and Director of the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University, Australia.Sarah Pink is Professor and Director of the emerging technologies lab at Monash University, Australia. She is Visiting Professor at Halmstad University, Sweden and Loughborough University, UK, and Guest Professor at Free University, Berlin, Germany.