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Urban Media & The Public Sphere Martijn de Waal www.martijndewaal.nl www.themobilecity.nl 1 Monday, September 19, 2011

Urban Media & The Public Sphere

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From Habermas to Latour: How does the rise of the so-called smart-city impact the urban public sphere? What new opportunities arise for the formation of 'urban publics'?

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Urban Media & The Public Sphere

Martijn de Waal

www.martijndewaal.nlwww.themobilecity.nl

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Habermas: Public Sphere emergesin C17th Coffee Houses

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Habermas: Discussion emergedaround Cultural Objects

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C17th Newspapers included‘User Generated Content’

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C17th Geography of the Public sphere

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senseable.mit.edu)

WIFI

GSM

CCTV

RFID

GPS Augmented Reality

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Trash Track MIT Senseable City Lab

Senseable City Lab Trash Track

Using The Internet of Things

To bring out these‘issues of concern’

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http://intheair.es/

How to move beyond representation

And towards a sense of ‘ownership’ in the issue

Challenge:

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http://www.bomenkap.nl/

Bomenkap

Using User Provided Datato bring out

‘communal issues’

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Bringing ‘Issues’ back in Public Space

In the Air (Medialab Prado)http://intheair.es/

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Make individual contributions visible

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Climate on the Wall http://www.digitalurbanliving.dk/projects/media-facades/climate-on-the-wall.php

Turn it into a playful spectacle

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