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Ubiquitous Bodies: A “Metrobodily” Transition From Real to Virtual

Ubiquitous Bodies: A “Metrobodily” Transition From Real to Virtual

Giorgio Cipolletta
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781522571681|ISBN10: 152257168X|EISBN13: 9781522571698
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7168-1.ch001
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Cipolletta, Giorgio. "Ubiquitous Bodies: A “Metrobodily” Transition From Real to Virtual." Virtual and Augmented Reality in Mental Health Treatment, edited by Giuliana Guazzaroni, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7168-1.ch001

APA

Cipolletta, G. (2019). Ubiquitous Bodies: A “Metrobodily” Transition From Real to Virtual. In G. Guazzaroni (Ed.), Virtual and Augmented Reality in Mental Health Treatment (pp. 1-16). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7168-1.ch001

Chicago

Cipolletta, Giorgio. "Ubiquitous Bodies: A “Metrobodily” Transition From Real to Virtual." In Virtual and Augmented Reality in Mental Health Treatment, edited by Giuliana Guazzaroni, 1-16. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7168-1.ch001

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Abstract

While the digital era has provided us with an incredible amount of accessibility, availability, and speedy tools, it has also made us lose that sense of critical awareness that was once considered a rare and precious gift. The marking feature of the present is ubiquity, as in the loss of spatial and temporal coordinates and the gain of a presence-absence that new technologies allow us to live – both positively and negatively. The body is the core of this electronic, virtual, and increased involvement. In this phase we're living in, the author suggests we introduce the neologism “metrobody” to identify this new hybrid condition undertaken by the body. This expression allows the author to reconfigure and hypothesize a different level and a different meaning of corporeality.

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