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Jain, A., Marquardt, N. and Taylor, A. (2008)
Near_Future RFID. In Proceedings of Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference – EPIC. American Anthropology Association, pages 332-333.
Type: Refereed conference (demonstration). Artifact submission.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-8918.2008.tb00117.x
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Abstract.
In this artifact submission, we present alternative, speculative visions around RFID, drawing attention to the possibilities of using the technology to connect people in curious, even celebratory ways. In our visions, RFID tagging and sensing has been extended so that tags and sensors allow individuals to build associations with digital content in the physical world. This tagging system allows people to instrument their environments for aesthetic as well as practical reasons. Moreover, people manipulate, extend and constantly update their digital selves. The RFID infrastructure is this used as a performative resource. One consequence of this is that ideas of self and privacy are altered dramatically as personal information, that was once invisible, is made visible and appropriated into a new aesthetic sensibility.