Tis book is the frst of its kind to map Touch as culturally meaningful in digital social networks. In this chapter, the concept of Touch (with a capital T) is briefy introduced as a social and cu…
Anthropology is not my academic home port, but I fnd it enormously compelling and visit often. I admire anthropologists because they are disciplined, observant, and inquisitive feld researchers dr…
In this chapter, we make a case for the significance of touch for communication and suggest that developments in sensory digital technologies are bringing touch to the fore in ways that move digit…