Augmented Reality of Pokemon Go - Chronotopes, Moral Panic, and Other Complexities

This volume examines the complexities created by Pokémon GO-the smartphone augmented reality game- from an anthropological perspective. Through detailed text analyses, links to wider issues, and the phenomenology of playing, this collection provides nuanced studies of how Pokémon GO created a new way to inhabit the world.

List of contents

Foreword: Pokémonology on the GO by Anne Allison

Introduction: Analyzing the Augmented Reality World of Pokémon GO by Neriko Musha Doerr and Debra J. Occhi

Chapter 1: Pokémon and the Environment by Elle Sentry

Chapter 2: The Politics of Intersecting Landscapes: Chronotopes and Modes of Governmentality of Pokémon GO and the Real World by Neriko Musha Doerr

Chapter 3: Botanizing on the Asphalt: The "Poké-Flaneur" and the Virtual Urban Wildlife of Pokémon GO by Paul Manning

Chapter 4: Social and Affective Implications of Pokémon GO in Japanese Contexts: "Mind your Manners and Have Fun" by Debra J. Occhi

Afterword by Bonnie Nardi

About the author

Edited by Neriko Musha Doerr and Debra J. Occhi - Contributions by Bonnie Nardi; Neriko Musha Doerr; Debra J. Occhi; Anne Allison; Paul Manning and Elle Santry

Product details

• Authors: Neriko Musha Occhi Doerr
• Assisted by: Neriko Musha Doerr (Editor), Debra J Occhi (Editor), Debra J. Occhi (Editor), Occhi Debra J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.04.2021
• EAN: 9781498574938
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7493-8
• No. of pages: 166
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, Sociology, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: customs & traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Asian History, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Mobile, Computer games / online games: strategy guides