ABSTRACT
In my position-statement chapter, I will be making five main arguments for what I want to call a non-media-centric, non-representational approach to media and place.1 Very briefly stated, my arguments are as follows: “media studies have tended to focus too much on media,” “media uses are one among many sorts of place-making practice,” “some existing approaches have mistakenly associated media uses with placelessness,” “the movements of place-making involve a bodily, sensuous, practical knowing,” and “do not start out by assuming the primacy of representation.” I will also be offering an afterword that proposes a particular way in which we can develop this approach for the future, emphasizing matters of social difference. To begin with, though, it is necessary for me to explain just a bit about where I am coming from in academic terms, so I will start with a short personal note on my own academic background and evolving research concerns. More specifically, I would like to say a little about the links between media studies and human geography in my work to date.
