Underground Aesthetics: Rethinking Urban Computing

Authors:
Arianna Bassoli;Johanna Brewer;Karen Martin;Paul Dourish;Scott Mainwaring
Affiliations:
London School of Economics;University of California, Irvine;University College London;University of California, Irvine;Intel
Venue:
IEEE Pervasive Computing
Year:
2007

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Abstract

At present, much work on urban computing focuses its efforts on solving the perceived problems of disconnection, disruption, and dislocation. A growing movement, however, points toward the value of considering a less instrumental account of city life. Through reflections on an ethnographic study of an urban motility site and the design of Undersound, a situated music exchange application, the authors explore how an aesthetic account of urban life might be leveraged to support not only an individual, but also a collective, experience of the city. This article is part of a special issue on Urban Computing.