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The New Urban Aesthetic - Digital Experiences of Urban Change (Paperback)
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Cities are key sites for the reproduction of global capitalism, and
urban branding is central to this transformative dynamic. In the
21st century, cities are also being profoundly reconfigured by the
deployment of many kinds of digital technologies. Both of these
shifts entrain sensory bodily experiences. This digitally mediated
reconfiguration of what cities feel like is what this book terms
the new urban aesthetic. The book focuses on three examples of
urban change in which digital technologies of different kinds were
central: a large scale urban redevelopment in Doha, the
retrofitting of Milton Keynes to become a smart city, and the
cultural regeneration of Smithfield Market into the Culture Mile in
London. Each case study focusses on a different kind of digital
mediation, including the computer-generated images created to sell
new urban developments, smart city phone apps, and Instagram posts
about particular urban places. The book identifies three versions
of the new urban aesthetic: glamorous, flowing, and dramatic. It
shows how each of these organize sensory experiences through
particular distributions of temporality and spatiality. As well as
exploring the importance of sensory constellations in our digitally
mediated cities, the book also offers ways to investigate their
fragility and potential for subversion. The New Urban Aesthetic is
essential reading for researchers and students in urban studies,
architecture, digital studies, sociology, and human geography.
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Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
July 2023 |
Authors: |
Mónica Montserrat Degen
• Gillian Rose
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
192 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-28351-0 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-350-28351-7 |
Barcode: |
9781350283510 |
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