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278 <article class="obj_article_details"> 279 280 281 <h1 class="page_title"> 282 Everything Is A Matter Of Distance 283 </h1> 284 285 286 <div class="row"> 287 <div class="main_entry"> 288 289 <section class="item authors"> 290 <h2 class="pkp_screen_reader">Authors</h2> 291 <ul class="authors"> 292 <li> 293 <span class="name"> 294 Magdalena Tyżlik-Carver 295 </span> 296 <span class="affiliation"> 297 Aarhus University 298 </span> 299 </li> 300 <li> 301 <span class="name"> 302 Pablo Velasco 303 </span> 304 <span class="affiliation"> 305 Aarhus University 306 </span> 307 </li> 308 </ul> 309 </section> 310 311 <section class="item doi"> 312 <h2 class="label"> 313 DOI: 314 </h2> 315 <span class="value"> 316 <a href="https://doi.org/10.7146/aprja.v14i1.160268"> 317 https://doi.org/10.7146/aprja.v14i1.160268 318 </a> 319 </span> 320 </section> 321 322 323 <section class="item abstract"> 324 <h2 class="label">Abstract</h2> 325 <p>In physics, distance is measured as the product of speed and time; in mathematics, it is defined as the total path travelled by an object from one point to another. Both definitions share an operational clarity but capture only a single dimension of the relationship between objects. The lived reality of distanceâand its counterpart, proximityâresists such simplifications. One recurring question in the contributions of this journal issue is how space itself is produced, shaped, and manipulated in contemporary techno-culture. Proximity today is engineered through techniques of approximationâstatistical modes of patterning identities, collectivities, and affective bonds to corporate infrastructures. Critical vocabularies have long privileged distanceâcritical distance, aesthetic distanceâbut we are already immersed in these approximations as we are addressed, enrolled, and captured through platforms and other interfaces of affective persuasion. The challenge, then, is to ask: how might critical digital culture research manoeuvre in this terrain?</p> 326 </section> 327 328 329 330 <section class="item author_bios"> 331 <h2 class="label"> 332 Author Biographies 333 </h2> 334 <section class="sub_item"> 335 <h3 class="label"> 336 Magdalena Tyżlik-Carver, <span class="affiliation">Aarhus University</span> 337 </h3> 338 <div class="value"> 339 <p>Magdalena Tyżlik-Carver is associate professor at the Department of Digital Design & Information Studies, Aarhus University.</p> 340 </div> 341 </section> 342 <section class="sub_item"> 343 <h3 class="label"> 344 Pablo Velasco, <span class="affiliation">Aarhus University</span> 345 </h3> 346 <div class="value"> 347 <p>Pablo Velasco is associate professor in Critical Data Studies and Digital Methods, at Department of Digital Design & Information Studies, Aarhus University.</p> 348 </div> 349 </section> 350 </section> 351 352 353 </div><!-- .main_entry --> 354 355 <div class="entry_details"> 356 357 <div class="item cover_image"> 358 <div class="sub_item"> 359 <a href="https://aprja.net//issue/view/12524"> 360 <img src="https://aprja.net/public/journals/288/cover_issue_12524_en_US.png" alt=""> 361 </a> 362 </div> 363 </div> 364 365 <div class="item galleys"> 366 <h2 class="pkp_screen_reader"> 367 Downloads 368 </h2> 369 <ul class="value galleys_links"> 370 <li> 371 372 373 374 375<a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://aprja.net//article/view/160268/202047"> 376 377 378 PDF 379 380 </a> 381 </li> 382 </ul> 383 </div> 384 385 <div class="item published"> 386 <section class="sub_item"> 387 <h2 class="label"> 388 Published 389 </h2> 390 <div class="value"> 391 <span>2025-10-09</span> 392 </div> 393 </section> 394 </div> 395 396 397 <div class="item issue"> 398 399 <section class="sub_item"> 400 <h2 class="label"> 401 Issue 402 </h2> 403 <div class="value"> 404 <a class="title" href="https://aprja.net//issue/view/12524"> 405 Vol. 14 No. 1 (2025): Everything Is A Matter Of Distance 406 </a> 407 </div> 408 </section> 409 410 <section class="sub_item"> 411 <h2 class="label"> 412 Section 413 </h2> 414 <div class="value"> 415 Editorial 416 </div> 417 </section> 418 419 </div> 420 421 422 <div class="item copyright"> 423 <h2 class="label"> 424 License 425 </h2> 426 <p>Copyright (c) 2025 Magdalena Tyżlik-Carver, Pablo Velasco</p> 427 <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">
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