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de·tach·ment the ability and practice of neo-no·mads to separate themselves from objects, people and places: S/he detaches from her/his sofa; the memories do not stick to the object when one is confronted with the problem of having to VI NA transport it.

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clo·ning a tactic used by neo-no·mads to formulate ho·me. It means recreating identical habits and spaces in the many places in which they have a space that they inhabit regularly: S/he has cloned her/his library in both apartments in Paris and Boston.

ho·me·tel dynamic space, remotely reconfigurable and personalized via internet so to recreate a sense of ho·me and temporarily inhabited by neo-no·mads.

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musical terms, sampling is the appropriation – selection and recording – of sound and music bits (often part of a prior creation of another artist) for reuse and assemblage into a new musical piece. The musical analogy holds true for neo-no·mads as they sample cultures and the urban environments in which they roam for reuse in the creation of a comfortable, personal and movable space.

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involves 1. navigating the world wide web, 2. in the lineage of Ascher’s definition1, changing social groups and identities in the physical and digital world, 3. utilizing a method of associations of information and concepts or eth·no·mog·ra·phy2.

2 Ascher, F. 2000. 'La Société Hypermoderne ou Ces évènements qui nous dépassent, feignons d’en être les organisateurs' in: La Tour d’Aigues: L’Aube, Essai, reprinted 2005

dig·it·al mo·bil·ity (what we will also call hy·per·text·ing) describes the online activities of people and their alter egos (representations of the self or avatars for example), i.e. it is the navigation of digital platforms and spaces.

phys·i·cal mo·bil·ity relates to the movement of bodies, objects and spaces from a point (A) to another (B) in the physical world. It includes the physical displacements of digital devices, portable or embodied (we then become cyborgs).

1 Abbas, Y. 2006. Neo-nomads: Designing Environments for Living in the Age of Mental, Physical and Digital Mobilities. Doctor of Design Thesis: Harvard University Graduate School of Design

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is now plural; it is at once physical, mental and digital.

men·tal mo·bil·i·ty is the shift in position of the self within spaces (physical, digital, social) and thus the transfer of meanings of spaces and the attachment to them. Mental mobility is due to cultural crossings, which are a consequence of physical and digital displacements. Naturally, physical, digital and mental mobilities intersect and are a consequence of one another; yet each kind of mobility entails specific tactics of Re: lo·ca·tion or anchoring to spaces.

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pro·to·cols of in·ter·ac·tions the organization of networks of physical, mental, and digital storage spaces. This space has a morphing quality and depends on sam·pling.

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ta·xi-ci·ty urban environment made of containers (we consider vehicles, spaces, objects – such as mobile phones, and even bodies – as containers) that people appropriate for a certain amount of time, and the use of which they share with other strangers.

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still condition in which physical, mental and digital mo·bil·i·ties align and one stays in place, remains attached to one culture, and is faithful to one community.

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