01.02.2019 - 13:08

Lecture of Deirdre Sneep at JKI, Cologne

Cell Phone City: Mobile Phone Use and the Hybridization of Space in Tokyo. Japan Foundation, Cologne, February 1, 2019, 17 h

Cities all over the world are rapidly changing due to a mobile communication technology revolution. Although the growth of mobile Internet is a global phenomenon, there are several urban agglomerations in East-Asian countries that rank particularly high in mobile Internet data consumption. In this talk, we will discuss how the merge of physical and virtual space in Tokyo leads to an increase in online activity which fundamentally alters the way pedestrians behave in a city.


Photo: Deirdre Sneep

This lecture is part of the symposium
Facetten urbanen Lebens im heutigen Japan im Spiegel neuerer Forschungen – Stipendiaten der Japan Foundation berichten von ihren Projekten,
held by The Japan Foundation, February 1, 2019, 15–20 h.
Japanisches Kulturinstitut / The Japan Foundation, Universitätsstraße 98, 50674 Köln.
https://www.jki.de/veranstaltungen/lesung-vortrag/facetten-urbanen-lebens-im-heutigen-japan-im-spiegel-neuerer-forschungen.html