This article focuses on the use of broadband internet in the home, focusing on
different material aspects of the internet. Inspired by actor network theory and
cyborg theory, a concept of a mundane cyborg practice is developed to outline how
the internet is integrated into everyday life and related to other technologies.
This concept is used in mapping everyday life through ethno-graphic participant
observations and qualitative interviews. Raymond Williams’ concept of flow
is used to map how the internet is integrated into everyday life and thereby becomes
a mundane technology that bends time and space. The flow-like character of the
internet and its frequent use creates new material practices. This article argues
that when we look at the internet, we have to take into consideration all the
mundane aspects of internet use and sometimes perceive the users as mundane cyborgs.
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