geo+cosmo-location

geolocation sharing

"In an essay and book of the same title, Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity (1995), Marc Augé coined the phrase "non-place" to refer to places of transience that do not hold enough significance to be regarded as "places." Examples of a non-place would be a motorway, a hotel room, an airport or a supermarket." (via wikipedia] • Ariel's notes: with the presence of Fire Eagle and FourSquare, is the concept of non-place defeated?

changed March 20, 2009