Plans and situated actions: the problem of human-machine communication
Plans and situated actions: the problem of human-machine communication
Geocaching: Hike and Seek with Your GPS
Geocaching: Hike and Seek with Your GPS
Complete Idiot's Guide to Geocaching (COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO)
Complete Idiot's Guide to Geocaching (COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO)
Understanding geocaching practices and motivations
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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The indexicality of language refers to the linkage between the language and the situation of use for determining the meaning of what is being said. In this paper I describe how a player of a location-based treasure hunt game called geocaching uses indexicality of language in creating clues when hiding treasures. Based on this account, the skill, I argue, in creating an exciting treasure depends on understanding the disjunction between the context in which the clue is first interpreted and the context in which it receives its final meaning. An interesting clue should therefore contain both a literal or conventional meaning and a situated meaning, and the situated meaning should only arise when the player is close enough to the treasure.