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The use of computers and mobile technologies challenges conventional experiences of place and ideas about the stability of culture and gives us more choices. We can experience locations in 3-dimensions (face-toface), 2-dimensions (on-the-screen), or 5-dimensions (mediated through our smartphones). This paper considers some elements of place, space, and geography and suggests the need to consider the values of being lost, knowingly experiencing danger, travelling blind, coming together, putting our bodies on the line, and dealing with change. Ultimately, we should consider what we lose as well as what we gain by moving more of our lives online.
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Gould, E.W. (2011). Seeing the World in 5 Dimensions - More or Less?. In: Rau, P.L.P. (eds) Internationalization, Design and Global Development. IDGD 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6775. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21660-2_34
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