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While studies of mobile wireless communication devices usually focus on their social implications, De Vries proposes to venture into a more historical and comparative direction to shed light on our preoccupation with them in the first place. He constructs an archaeological view of the development of communication technologies over the past 200 years, providing a comprehensive account of how persistent hopes and beliefs have come to give mobile wireless media such a prominent position today. Our expectations and uses of them are surprisingly similar to those of older media; consequently, they reconfirm the idea that living in an 'anyone, anything, anytime, anywhere' world is both a blessing and a curse, and that the desire for sublime communication is a tragic yet highly powerful regulative principle in our media evolution. - Elk medium was ooit nieuw en gaf aanleiding tot de meest fantastische speculaties over de verbetering van communicatie. In de mediageschiedenis treffen we steeds opnieuw verhalen die vertellen dat afstanden verdwijnen, dat we elkaar beter gaan begrijpen en dat alle kennis nu eindelijk echt binnen handbereik is. Ook bij de hedendaagse mobiele draadloze communicatietechnologie zien we deze beelden weer naar boven komen. In Tantalisingly Close toont Imar de Vries nu eens niet de sociale factoren van communicatiemiddelen, waar dergelijke studies zich gewoonlijk op richten. Hij kiest een filosofische, historische en mediavergelijkende aanpak en laat zien wat de invloed van deze geïdealiseerde ideeën over communicatie is op de media-evolutie en ons wereldbeeld.

A number of recent studies of mobile wireless communication devices focus on use values, social implications, changing norms and ethics, conversation strategies and culture-dependent domestication. De Vries proposes to venture into a more historical and comparative direction to shed light on our preoccupation with them in the first place. He constructs an expanded archaeological view of the development, marketing, and reception of communication technologies over the past 200 years, providing a comprehensive account of how persistent paradoxical desires for sublime communication have come to gi

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. The playful citizen: An introduction / Glas, René / Lammes, Sybille / Lange, Michiel de / Raessens, Joost / Vries, Imar de -- Part I Ludo-literacies -- Introduction to Part I / Glas, René / Lammes, Sybille / Lange, Michiel de / Raessens, Joost / Vries, Imar de -- 2. Engagement in play, engagement in politics : Playing political video games / Neys, Joyce / Jansz, Jeroen -- 3. Analytical game design : Game-making as a cultural technique in a gamified society / Werning, Stefan -- 4. Re-thinking the social documentary / Uricchio, William -- 5. Collapsus, or how to make players become ecological citizens / Raessens, Joost -- 6. The broken toy tactic: Clockwork worlds and activist games / Schleiner, Anne-Marie -- 7. Video games and the engaged citizen : On the ambiguity of digital play / Hoofd, Ingrid -- Part II Ludo-epistemologies -- Introduction to Part II / Glas, René / Lammes, Sybille / Lange, Michiel de / Raessens, Joost / Vries, Imar de -- 8. Public laboratory: Play and civic engagement / Breen, Jessica / Dosemagen, Shannon / Blair, Don / Barry, Liz -- 9. Sensing the air and experimenting with environmental citizenship / Gabrys, Jennifer -- 10. Biohacking: Playing with technology / Smale, Stephanie de -- 11. Ludo-epistemology: Playing with the rules in citizen science games / Glas, René / Lammes, Sybille -- 12. The playful scientist: Stimulating playful communities for science practice / Schouten, Ben / Spek, Erik van der / Harmsen, Daniël / Bartholomeus, Ellis -- 13. Laborious playgrounds : Citizen science games as new modes of work/play in the digital age / Fizek, Sonia / Dippel, Anne -- Part III Ludo-politics -- Introduction to Part III / Glas, René / Lammes, Sybille / Lange, Michiel de / Raessens, Joost / Vries, Imar de -- 14. On participatory politics as a game changer and the politics of participation / Bunz, Mercedes -- 15. Playing with politics: Memory, orientation, and tactility / Hind, Sam -- 16. Meaningful inefficiencies : Resisting the logic of technological efficiency in the design of civic systems / Gordon, Eric / Walter, Stephen -- 17. Permanent revolution: Occupying democracy / Rushkoff, Douglas -- 18. The playful city: Citizens making the smart city / Lange, Michiel de -- 19. Dissent at a distance / Deuze, Mark / Ems, Lindsay -- 20. Playing with power : Casual politicking as a new frame for political analysis / Gekker, Alex -- Index of names -- Index of subjects

This chapter about playful urban planning argues that play and games can help foster smart citizenship. In recent years, many cities have embarked on what is termed smart-city policies, deploying ICT to optimize a variety of urban processes. Various authors have noted that these smart-city policies often leave little room for civic action and agency. This contribution proposes the notion of the 'playful city' as an alternative vision for leveraging the smartness of people in creating more livable and lively cities. Play, it is argued, should not be positioned as offering solutions to urban problems. Instead, play offers alternative narratives about the potential futures of city-making, and reinserts the 'political' into smart city-making.