Colleagues, it has taken a while due to recent events, but the book Narrating the City: Mediated Representations of Architecture, Urban Forms and Social Life is now available. It is book 5 in the series, Mediated Cities by Intellect Books. The next will be drawn from June 2021 conference Urban Assemblage. Details below.

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BOOK.

Narrating the City: Mediated Representations of Architecture, Urban Forms and Social Life. Eds. A. Akçay Kavakoğlu, T. Nihan Hacıömeroğlu, L. Landrum. Intellect Books, 2020

https://www.intellectbooks.com/narrating-the-city

The next book in the Mediated Cities series will come from:



CONFERENCE.

URBAN ASSEMBLAGE: THE CITY AS ARCHITECTURE, MEDIA, AI AND BIG DATA. 



Organisers: UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE
Dates: 28-30 JUNE, 2021
Abstracts: 01 DEC 2020

Locations: VIRTUAL / LONDON / HATFIELD. UK


Delegates can present virtually. The keynote will be held in London. Conference presentations will take place in the University of Hertfordshire campus in Hatfield on the outskirts of London. 


https://architecturemps.com/london-hatfield/

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DISCIPLINES: 
ART,  DIGITAL DESIGN  &  FILM   |   MEDIA  &  COMMUNICATIONS   |  AI,  DATA  &  TECHNOLOGY  |  ARCHITECTURE  &  URBAN DESIGN 


FORMATS:
IN-PERSON, PRE-RECORDED FILMS, ZOOM, WRITTEN PAPERS. 

See example pre-recorded presentations on the AMPS academic YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/c/AMPSresearch



CALL:
Today, the city is technological infused entity premised on a plethora of digital phenomena including the Internet of Things, ubiquitous computing, computer-led infrastructure, big data and AI. It is also a place designed, envisaged and increasingly built through data based digital architecture, planning and construction. Both scenarios mediate how we design and experience of the city. The result is a series of complex interactions of people, place and data and the establishment of the ‘digital city’, ‘smart buildings’ and ‘intelligent’ urbanism.

This new polemic agency of the machine informs the creative industries. A plethora of films in recent decades have built on the imaginary it offers while, in the arts, data is increasingly used as both a tool and motive for artworks. However, there are concerns. GIS, Google Maps and Facebook all offer interconnected information on urban life. They are also conduits for the collation of personal data and its misuse. Sociologists highlight the dangers of the digital dependency of future generations.  3D printed buildings threaten job losses in the construction industry. The idea of parametric urbanism is an anathema to many for whom city is a place of interpersonal interaction.

This conference seeks to explore these and related issues from a variety of discipline perspectives. 

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PUBLICATIONS:
This event is part of the research programme, ‘The Mediated City’. Previous events have been held by universities in London, Los Angeles, Bristol, Istanbul and Canterbury. Each conference leads to a book as part of the associated Intellect Book series ‘Mediated Cities’. 

In addition, delegates submitting papers related to teaching and learning will be considered for Routledge book series: ‘Focus on Design Pedagogy’.


To participate, submit an abstract:

https://architecturemps.com/london-hatfield/

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