Future Archaeology: Re-Animating Innovation in the Mobile Telecoms Industry
- Laura Watts
Research Output:
Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter
Book chapter
Peer-reviewPublication Information
Output type
Research Output:
Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter
Book chapter
Peer-reviewOriginal language
EnglishPages from-to (Number of pages)
Pages 149-167Publication milestones
- Published - 2015
Publication status
Published - 2015
Place of publication
LondonPublisher
RoutledgeBook series
- Book series name: Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture
ISBN (Print)
9780415731003Chapter Number
8Host publication title
Theories of the Mobile Internet: Materialities and ImaginariesAbstract
This paper unearths the zombie futures in the mobile telecoms industry, from the watchphone to the ever-pervasive notion of ‘ubiquity’ – all futures that never seem to die. It explores the practices by which the industry creates futures that endure over long periods of time, and points to different, experimental, approaches to innovation that might be done.