Netspaces: Space and Place in a Networked World

ISBN-13: 9781138573390 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 190 str.

Willis, Katharine S.

Opis

This engaging text is a valuable resource for architects, urban designers, planners and sociologists for understanding how networks and media are creating significant changes to urban space and the resulting implications for the design of cities. Defining five characteristics of netspaces and detailing the way that the spatial form of the city is affected by changing practices of networked world. It draws on theoretical approaches and contextualises the discussion with empirical case studies to illustrate the changes taking place in urban space.

Spis treści

Introduction, Part I: Infrastructures, 1. Networked Infrastructures, 2. Meshworks and Assemblages, 3. Historical Context, 4. Making Sense of the City, 5. Case Study: The Cloud, Part II: Places, 1. Networked Places, 2. Digital Places, 3. Historical Context, 4. Digital Places, 5. Case Study: Location-based Social Networks, Part III: Boundaries, 1. Digital Thresholds, 2. Digital Boundaries, 3. Historical Context, 4. Thresholds, 5. Case Study: Public Wireless Networks, Part IV: Publics, 1. Networked Publics, 2. Performing Spaces, 3. Historical Context, 4. New Digital Publics, 5. Case Study: Urban Screens, Part V: Times, 1. Digital Rhythms, 2. Times and Rhythms, 3. Historical Context, 4. Digital Rhythms, 5. Case Study: ‘Real Time’ Cities, Part VI: Things, 1. Networked Things, 2. Digital and Material Worlds, 3. Historical Context, 4. Connected Objects, 5. People and Spaces, 6. Case Study: Smart Homes, Part VII: Future Challenges

O autorze

Katharine Willis's research over the last decade has explored the effects and implications of digital networks on the experience and design of urban space and place. She has authored and edited over forty publications on these themes. Recent books include: Locative Media: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Media and Locality (co-edited, Transcript Press 2013); Shared Encounters (co-edited, Springer 2010) and Mediacity: situations, practices and encounters (co-edited, Frank and Timme 2009). Katharine Willis trained as an Architect with a Masters in Architecture from the Bartlett, University College London. She has a PHD from the Bauhaus University of Weimar, Germany where she was an EU Marie Curie Fellow in the MEDIACITY research project. Since 2011 she has been based in the School of Architecture, Design and Environment at University of Plymouth, UK, where she is Associate Professor (Reader) in digital environments.