Wi is a peer-reviewed online journal that publishes the latest in international motilities research, encompassing disciplines such as art, design, engineering, computer science, communications and media studies.

Wi (pronounced why) is an open-access collaborative project published by the Mobile Media Lab. The journal uses open-source software to maximize the hyper-linked integration of image, text, video, and sound.

Current Issue
Guest-edited by Dr. Fabio Botelho Josgrilberg (Metodista, São Paulo) and Dr. André Lemos (Federal University of Bahia) this third issue of Wi features nine articles that address the specific context of Brazil. All are written by Brazilian authors whose expertise and interests span the disciplines of communications, philosophy, semiotics, social psychology, economics, sociology, and cultural studies. The topics cover a range of issues including: mobile communication, mobile technologies in journalism, wireless in the city, locative media, surveillance, spectrum politics, and moto-boy culture.

Previous Issue
The previous issue, “Active Radio,” disrupts and augments our perceptions of radio practice, presenting both historical and contemporary research on “the wireless.” Guest-edited by Owen Chapman, the issue highlighted early sound technologies, the Theremin and Ondes Martenot, to fill in the historical record and to articulate these technologies with contemporary sound art practices and the integration of creative audio works into the body of the journal.

For all back issues of Wi, visit the Wi journal website.
If you have an idea for a guest issue, contact Wi’s editorial assistant Sanja Obradovic.