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---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [RK] Fwd: call for papers From: "low" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, July 18, 2007 18:16 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Conference and project sponsored by the European Commission > Marie Curie Host Fellowships for Transfer of Knowledge > MTKD-CT-2004-517121 > > Call for Papers, Architectural Concepts and Media Art Projects > > MEDIACITY - Situations, Practices and Encounters > Conference of the MEDIACITY project > > Bauhaus-University Weimar > 18-19th January 2008 > > > MEDIACITY - Situations, Practices and Encounters > > The conference will investigate how the social settings and spaces > of the city > are created, experienced and practiced through the use and presence > of new > media. We will take the position that new media enables different > settings, > practices and behaviours to occur in urban space. These media create > opportunities for diverse forms of connections between people and > spaces and > enable and create flows; of information, of communication and of > knowledge. > > The conference will consist of three parallel sessions and a > workshop, which > will explore these themes in a focussed way. We invite papers for > the conference > and less formal presentations on practices for the workshop session > from > academics, practitioners, activists close to disciplines such as > media studies, > architecture, urban studies, cultural and urban geography and > sociology – using > in innovative ways and reflecting critically on processes, methods > and impacts > of public participation and technologies in urban realm, within their > theoretical and practical research, teaching, or activism roles. > > > Session 1: Situations > Our interactions with others can be considered as situated in that > they are > shaped by both the physical setting, as well as being guided by an > implicit > background of our own social experiences and circumstances. > Situations are the > settings in which people interact, and in order for this to be > meaningful they > must work on two levels; they must be present an imageable concept > of physical > space which is complimented by an awareness of how social > interactions can take > place in it. But communications media have affected the definition > of situations > so that they are no longer defined only by physical spaces with their > corresponding meanings. The use of these technologies is becoming a > part of > everyday life, and the spaces of the city are becoming increasingly > densely > interwoven with mobile and wireless devices and networks. In the > process, the > often dominant cliche of the digital world; that networks enable > people to > communicate with 'anyone, anywhere, at any time and in any place', > is starting > to be replaced with a more subtle understanding of the types of > places and > spaces that provide the settings for our interactions. This session > will seek to > explore the characteristics of situations and how they create > possibilities for > interaction in urban space. We will investigate this on three > levels; through > the spaces themselves, the interactions in urban space, and also the > technologies that mediate these interactions. > > > Session 2: Practices > Locative media, collaborative mapping and cartographies, digital > multimedia > narrative, participatory video making have become more widespread > thanks to more > affordable/omnipresent technology and to the success of open source > tools. In > the process they’ve opened up new possibilities for participatory > practices > affecting many disciplines surrounding urban studies through > theoretical > research, action research and activism. In particular, new media > tools offer new > perspectives for representing contemporary complex and > heterogeneous urban > dynamics, cultural and social phenomena, collective form of re- > appropriation of > public space. And for improving, fostering and assisting > participatory practices > in urban planning, including collective and individual narratives > of the > inhabited space. > > This use of technology gives rise to open and non-conventional > descriptions of > contemporary cities, becoming instruments for voicing socio- > political issues of > marginalized or underrepresented groups, establishing active tools > for community > organizing. These tech options not only open possibilities for > participatory > practice, but also invite theoretical questions about the power of > representation. On one hand urban planning as well as geography are > today > radically challenged in their history of serving elite political- > economic power; > on the other hand the role of those who market new technological > innovations may > do the same - using the rhetoric of participative urban lives to > fuel the > everyday business of the symbolic economy. > > > Session 3: Encounters > The connectivity of communities can be reinforced through new > situated computing > technologies, which lend themselves to shared experiences, such as > content > sharing and collaborative interaction. For example, interplay between > large-scale shared displays and small-scale personal mobile > terminals, or > physical spaces connected to online worlds. We aim to explore how > locative media > systems contribute towards enhancing shared experiences in everyday > places, such > as the streets, parks, cafes, malls, etc. > > The main research question is whether and how content sharing and > collaborative > use of locative media could facilitate social communication in > physical space. > In terms of scientific theory and methods, this session explores the > relationship between architecture of physical space and media > communication > science. Additionally the session investigates how the use of > locative media > translates into business opportunity. If situated technologies are > to achieve > business advantage, they must capture the attention of the passer- > by and > motivate individual and collaborative interaction. > > > Workshop: Situations, Practices and Encounters > The workshop program will provide an opportunity to explore the > conference > themes in a more practical and experiential way. It will aim to > create an open > and informal dialogue about the topics and methods, and in so doing > provide a > forum for participants to share ideas, knowledge and technical > experience. The > workshops could cover themes such as 'capturing mobile experience, > location-based interaction methodologies and technologies for > community > mapping'. Students of all levels are particularly welcome to submit > work to the > workshops, especially if they have demo's or explanations of > projects with which > they would like to present to a wider audience. The workshops will > be an > opportunity to gain feedback and advice on such work. > > > Submission > Please submit a paper of between 2 and 4 pages as an extended > abstract. The > conference language will be English. Papers will be submitted to > external review. > > > Outcomes > Selected papers from the conference will be published in a post- > conference volume. > > > Important Dates > 1st October 2007: Extended Abstracts dues > 1st November 2007: Acceptance notification > 18-19th January 2008: Conference > > Contact and submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Website: http://www.mediacityproject.com > > > Organizers > Prof. Frank Eckardt, Chair of Sociology of Globalization, Faculty > of Architecture > Prof. Jens Geelhaar, Chair of Interface Design, Faculty of Media > Konstantinos Chorianopoulos, Research Fellow > Laura Colini, Research Fellow > Katharine S. Willis, Research Fellow -------------------------------------------[ RK ] + http://liste.rekombinant.org/wws/subrequest/rekombinant + http://www.rekombinant.org
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