> You are invited to...
> Wireless London: Future Urban Infrastructures #2: Semantic City
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> The second in a series of three lectures at the Architectural
> Association.
> Talk: Tuesday 15th Feb, 2005, 6:30pm-8.00pm
>
> Title: Semantic City
> Speakers: John Bell & Jo Walsh (see below for bios)
> Location:
> Architectural Association
> 36 Bedford Square
> London WC1B 3ES
> 0207 887 4000
> http://www.aaschool.ac.uk
>
> To be followed by an open show and tell session: 8.00pm -9.30pm,
> AA Restaurant. (see details below)
> All talks are free, but places are limited. Please arrive early to avoid
> disappointment.
>
> This month's theme: Semantic City
>
> London's infrastructures transfer electricity, water, goods, people,
> money, sewage and information. Underneath the visible
> environment of bricks, glass and steel, these infrastructures
> determine how the city is used and imagined, and how the character
> of its different localities emerges. Whereas many of these services
> are provided by governmental or commercial interests, information
> is often transmitted by peer networks: Speakers Corner, tags
> and graffiti on the underground, stickers on every remaining
> smooth-surfaced lamppost, and free wireless networks. This
> month's theme addresses how information moves through the city,
> how it can create new interpretations and feed back into
> restructuring the physical environment.
> Biographies of this month's Speakers
> Jo Walsh
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> jo walsh is a free software hacker, author and gonzo cartographer
> based in London. In the past she has built web systems for the
> Guardian, the ICA and state51. Currently she is trying to assemble
> her interests in bots, the semantic web, spatial information
> and public transport planning into something resembling
> coherence.
> John Bell
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> After posts at The University of Westminster, The University of East
> London, Kingston University and Arts Council England, joined
> the AA in 2000. Has lectured widely. Visiting professor Auckland
> University NZ 2003. Partner in transdisciplinary practice fxv.org.
> Special interest in new technologies for design and production. Unit
> Master Diploma Unit 9, Academic Advisor to the Diploma School
> 2003 to date. www.fxv.org
> Open Show & Tell Sessions:
>
> This month, featuring:
> -> Alexei Blinov of Raylab.com > -> Hive Networks demonstration.
> -> the EVNT project: Timo Arnall, Matt Webb & Jack Shultze
> -> a demonstration of the wireless london node database > ->
> programmed by Jo Walsh w. Earle Martin from openguides.org
>
> Each Wireless London talk event will run between 6.30 and 8.00pm
> with speakers and discussion, immediately followed by an open
> 'show and tell' session at the AA from 8.00 to 9.30.
>
> The 'show and tell' sessions are informal and open for anyone
> to bring along and showcase projects. finished or work in progress,
> that are relevant to this field. These sessions are an opportunity
> for practitioners, students and professionals involved in free
> networks, arts, wireless technologies, architecture, urbanism,
> education, communications policy and local government, to meet
> and discuss current and future projects.
>
> If you would like to come and showcase your work, please
> let us know by emailing -> [log in to unmask], or just come
> along (with your own equipment) on the day.
>
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