One of the most distinctive characteristics of the modern era was the concept of an enduring length of time, during which it was possible to conquer space and make long-term plans. In the present era, the long time of modernity gave way to an ever-lasting present. In such a present, co-existing spaces multiply. New information and telecommunication technologies, mainly the Internet and mobile telephony, introduce alterations in physical spaces and generate new alternative spaces. This paper presents an inevitably incomplete review of the extensive transdisciplinary literature on these contemporary spaces and their effects on the men, women and children who inhabit them.
internet; cell phones; alterations in physical spaces; alternative spaces