Every day we share encounters with others as we inhabit the space around us. In offering insights and knowledge on this increasingly important topic, this book introduces a range of empirical and theoretical approaches to the study of shared encounters. It highlights the multifaceted nature of collective experience and provides a deeper understanding of the nature and value of shared encounters in everyday life.

Focuses on human-to-human interactions of space,

Sharing Experience.- Shared Encounters.- Ubiquitous Media for Collocated Interaction.- History-Enriched Spaces for Shared Encounters.- Conceptualizing, Designing, and Investigating Locative Media Use in Urban Space.- Shared-Screen Interaction: Engaging Groups in Map-Mediated Nonverbal Communication.- Shared Encounters.- Playful Encounters.- Shared Encounters in a Location-Aware and Proximity-Aware Mobile Community. The Mogi Case..- Bluetooth as a Playful Public Art Interface.- A Theoretical Construct of Serious Play and the Design of a Tangible Social Interface.- Spatial Settings.- Exploring Digital Encounters in the Public Arena.- Mis(sed)information in Public Space.- Encounters and Content Sharing in an Urban Village: Reading Texts Through an Archaeological Lens.- Social Glue.- Making Glue: Participation in Everyday Computing.- Sharing Personal Reflections on Health Locally.- MoBlogs, Sharing Situations, and Lived Life.- Sharing Knowledge About Places as Community Building.