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I. Introduction
Proliferation of digital technology,
especially digital-wireless and broadband technology have change
the way human life: their lifestyles, their relationship, their
behavior, the way they works, their socio-culture and the way
they communicate or interact with others.
From those facts as starting point, this
project takes Urban Nomads as the main topic (the topic was inspired
from the way of Gypsies life, how they live, socialize and built
their own community).
Why urban nomads?
Urban
nomads are a new society definition for urban society that has
put bigger portion of mobility in their daily lives. While the
mobility term itself in this society means: they can work anywhere,
anytime regardless the space and time frame limitation, as their
space have integrated with themselves (both time and spatially)
through integrated wearable mobile computer or communication enhancer.
It will allow them to live, stay and move from one place to another
place easier than before (using concept: move, plug, unplug and
play), and can easily adaptable to the new society or space (social
community and spatial boundaries).
This society then means how
the definition, the impact and influence of urban nomads toward
their own body, personality, life, behavior, lifestyle and then
grow to the bigger community outside their body (family and friends
relationship) to the local society (interaction) then toward the
country where this community live and at the end to the global
society. It is not only interpersonal relationship among urban
nomads themselves but also in term of socio-culture, economics
and spatial where they move, live and interact.
In socio-culture, how this
community will interact between one and another, and how they
will give a new definition to themselves as a social creature.
How the culture will be reshaped as a result of their community
mobility and un-defining space and time where they belong.
In
term of economics, the circle of economics movement will go faster,
micro and macro economy both in local and global context, as now
they are only trafficking data (digital data transmission) instead
real money for conducting business. For local economy for instance,
the use of virtual money instead real money, as with the integrated
devices on their body now they only require doing data exchange
or data transfer instead the real physical exchange for any transaction
(real or virtual transaction).
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