I just came across the blog of Philip Jeffrey. I already read few papers by him about social behavior in virtual space but I was not aware he had a blog. It seems that he noew move (like I did) in the field of context-aware computing. Unfortunately, the blog is not update since november...
My idea is to do an ethnographic study of students use of space as a place. I could then combine this with an experiment study (p values) that test this empirically. Both studies would complement each other as I look at how people extend themselves into their environment and use technology and artefacts with the environment to perceive space as a place.