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Special issue Artnodes: “Locative media and artistic practice”
The e-magazine Artnodes has a themed issue on “Locative media and artistic practice” . The term locative media refers generally to the communication technologies involving location; ie, those providing a link or information relating to a specific place via devices such as GPS, mobile telephones or PDAs, laptop computers or wireless networks. These media are…
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Geotales Workshop (23-27 feb 2009, Brussels)
Registration is open for our workshop on Locative Media: GEOTALES, 23-27 FEB 2009 ! with Esther Polak (NL) GeoTales proposes a 5 days unique and creative experimentation workshop with mobile and location based technologies (GPS: Global PositioningSystem, Mobile networks and smart phones) under the direction of Esther Polak (NL) and her assistant Tijmen Schep (NL)…
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Digital Cities 6 Workshop (June 24, Penn State University)
Digital Cities 6: Concepts, Methods and Systems of Urban Informatics Workshop at the 4th International Conference on Communities and Technologies Penn State, USA, 24 June 2009 April 16, 2009 Workshop position papers due May 18, 2009 Author notifications sent June 24, 2009 Workshop http://cct2009.ist.psu.edu/workshops.cfm 1 Theme Transport grids, building complexes, information and communication technology, social…
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Call for Papers International Symposium on Wearable Computers
Between September 4th and 7th 2009 the 13th International Symposium on Wearable Computers will be held in Linz, Austria, concurrently with the Ars Electronica Festival . ISWC is the premier forum for wearable computing and issues related to on-body and worn mobile technologies. ISWC’09 will bring together researchers, product vendors, fashion designers, textile manufacturers, users,…
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Radiator Festival 2009 Exploits in the Wireless City
From 13 to 24 January The Radiator Festival takes place in Nottingham, UK. There is – amongst others – an exhibition, an a Symposium (15-16 January) with an interesting line up of speakers: Saskia Sassen, Richard Barbrook, Jodi, Charlie Gere and others. As part of the 4th Radiator festival, the Radiator Symposium, “Exploits in the…
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3rd Situated Technologies pamphlet out: Situated Advocacy
Situated Technologies Pamphlets 3: Situated Advocacy A special double issue featuring the essays: Community Wireless Networks as Situated Advocacy – Laura Forlano and Dharma Dailey Suspicious Images, Latent Interfaces – Benjamin Bratton and Natalie Jeremijenko Download a free PDF here, or buy a printed copy from Lulu.com Advocacy is the act of arguing on behalf…
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Call for submissions: Exploits in the Wireless City, Radiator Festival & Symposium Nottingham 13th -18th of January 2009
OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Deadline 25th Nov 2008 Since the abundant proliferation of digital communication technology, our (living) space has been expanded, transformed, reshaped. In our everyday lives we increasingly connect to mediated interfaces, be it consciously or without knowing. Digital media is increasingly integrated seamlessly into all areas of everyday life and work.…
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Native Land, Paris Nov 21 March 15
The Fondation Cartier (in Paris) is putting up an interesting exhibition later this month, curated by photographer /filmmaker Raymond Depardon and philosopher Paul Virilio. The title is Native Land Stop Eject or Terre Natale in French. In a videoclip, Paul Virilio summarizes the main themes of the exhibit: ‘ Our identity is our place of…
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ImageRadio 2008, Eindhoven 30 October – 2 November
Image Radio is a yearly festival in Eindhoven, consisting of an Art Show, Symposium, Live Cinema concerts, Artist Talks and an Expert Meeting. The festival is also an experiment, critical reflection, and preview of how new media in public space impact our cultural, social and physical surroundings. The increase of display devices, data clouds, sensor…
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Announcement: workshop in Edinburgh “Placema(r)king:Brands v. Tags”
James Steward sent us an email announcing the following workshop, which might be of interest to The Mobile City readers: “Placema(r)king: Brands versus Tags” 16-17 October 2008 placemarking – placemaking: brands versus tags This workshop pits brands against tags and explores their respective roles in facilitating or hindering social interaction and meetings between people. A…
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PhD position “Ubiquitous Urban Games to generate Mental Maps”
Oswald Devisch from the department of Architecture and Arts, PHL University College, Belgium emailed us with the request to put up the following announcement: Job description At the department of Architecture and Arts, PHL University College, Belgium there is currently a PHD vacancy ‘A research on the use of Ubiquitous Urban Games to generate Mental…