Locative Media
This is a propos nothing in particular, but you might be the right group to clarify a concept for me! I have been stumbling upon the term “locative media” here and there and no matter how many times I read the description on Wikipedia, I don’t find myself any more enlightened (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locative_media). Does anyone know what exactly is meant by “bound to a location”? Are they by definition media which use some sort of mapping? Or can the term refer to a more general media which occur in a particular place-based locality (and in which locality is an essential component)? I can’t seem to figure it out exactly… How widely used is this term?
generally locative media refers to GPS-based devices and site-specific content… narratives for cellphones and handheld devices, for example… also art that takes advantage of wireless networking.
etymologically I think locative would come from the Latin – “place” (Locus) — and “vocative” from vocare “to call, summon”… perhaps more generally, then, the terms refers to media that gives specific places a voice (hey, I like that…)
others? (and do correct my Latin if I’m wrong)
janine recommends: murmur project —
http://murmurtoronto.ca/