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Anticipating touch: Haptic geographies of Grindr encounters in Newcastle‐upon‐Tyne, UK
Author(s) -
BonnerThompson Carl
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
transactions of the institute of british geographers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.196
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1475-5661
pISSN - 0020-2754
DOI - 10.1111/tran.12417
Subject(s) - embodied cognition , situated , negotiation , haptic technology , sociology , computer science , social science , simulation , artificial intelligence
This paper explores the haptic geographies of embodied, material, and spatial anticipations of offline erotic encounters that Grindr users have in their homes. I explore how touch and place are co‐constituted, arguing that men who use Grindr are learning how to negotiate their erotic Grindr practices through anticipations, identities, and the places that encounters are situated.