“…interlinked practices of investigating mobilities and
mobilizing research techniques are ‘not just how people make knowledge of the
world, but how they physically and socially make the world through the ways
they mobilise people, object, information, and ideas.’ Just this statement
alone shows that there is a clear and direct link between writing and mobility.
Molz jumps right into discussing technologies in mobility such as GPS systems
and MP3 players. He talks about how the influence of these systems play a huge
role in our travels today; such as taking a walking tour using your phone or
crashing on the couch of a person you met in a discussion board. Blog updates
allow other people to virtually travel with them, giving the entire process of
writing a whole new spin. I would say that the most drastic influence mobility
has on writing is the audience writing reaches through extensive mobility and
the timespan in which it does so. Connectivity, collaboration, and the
algorithmic logic of search becomes more broad when travellers are allowed to
collaborate with their friends, allowing the process to be more interactive as
a while when mobility is introduced. “Mobile modes of connecting,
collaborating, and searching thus constitute not only ways of knowing, but a
new empirical realm of mobile social life.” If Molz concludes that mobility
introduces knowledge through connectivity, then it would have the same effect
on writing as well. Writing becomes more knowledgeable through connectivity,
which is increased through mobility.
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