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Geomedia: Networked Cities and the Future of Public Space
Scott McQuire
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Description for Geomedia: Networked Cities and the Future of Public Space
Hardcover. Geomedia offers critical analysis of the new possibilities and power relations emerging in the public space of contemporary cities. As ubiquitous digital networks enable embedded and mobile devices to integrate place-specific data with real-time feedback circuits, everyday experience of public space has become subject to new demands. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
Geomedia offers critical analysis of the new possibilities and power relations emerging in the public space of contemporary cities. As ubiquitous digital networks enable embedded and mobile devices to integrate place-specific data with real-time feedback circuits, everyday experience of public space has become subject to new demands. Looking beyond debates framed by the dominance of surveillance and spectacle, McQuire asks: how might the kind of collaborative practices that have flourished in art and online cultures be translated into urban space? In the urban crisis of the 1960s, Henri Lefebvre argued that the capacity for ... Read more
Geomedia offers critical analysis of the new possibilities and power relations emerging in the public space of contemporary cities. As ubiquitous digital networks enable embedded and mobile devices to integrate place-specific data with real-time feedback circuits, everyday experience of public space has become subject to new demands. Looking beyond debates framed by the dominance of surveillance and spectacle, McQuire asks: how might the kind of collaborative practices that have flourished in art and online cultures be translated into urban space? In the urban crisis of the 1960s, Henri Lefebvre argued that the capacity for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
390g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745660752
SKU
V9780745660752
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About Scott McQuire
Scott McQuire is Associate Professor of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne
Reviews for Geomedia: Networked Cities and the Future of Public Space
This book is a reflexive navigation of the changing meanings and uses of public space at times of intense mediation. Through the concept of geomedia, McQuire skilfully brings the media back to the city and to the public space where sociality and politics are negotiated and contested. Myria Georgiou, London School of Economics ... Read more