Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Chapter 1: Introduction.SECTION I: MAKING WORLDS. Chapter 2: The queer times of internet infrastructure and digital systems.Chapter 3: Queer mobilities and new spatial media.Chapter 4: Travel, Tinder and Gender in Digitally-Mediated Tourism Encounters. Chapter 5: 'I get my lovin' on the run': Digital nomads, constant travel, and nurturing romantic relationships.SECTION II: DATING AND INTIMACY AT THE INTERFACE.Chapter 6: "There's no one new around you" Queer women's experiences of scarcity in geospatial partner-seeking on Tinder.Chapter 7: Going the distance: Locative dating technology and queer male practice-based identities.Chapter 8: Online dating practice as a perfect example of interwoven worlds? Analysis of communication in digital and physical encounters.Chapter 9: 'I didn't think you were going to sound like that': sensory geographies of Grindr encounters in public spaces in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.SECTION III: ACTIVISM, POLITICS AND COMMUNITIES.Chapter 10: Disrupting sexism and sexualities online? Gender, activism and digital spaces.Chapter 11: 'I want my story to be heard...': Examining the Production of Digital Stories by Queer Youth in East and South-East Asia.Chapter 12: 'Does Your Mother Know? Digital v. Material Spaces of Queer Encounter in Singapore'. Chapter 13: Queerying Public Art in Digitally Networked Space: The Rise and Fall of an Inflatable Butt Plug.