Description
Examines how digital technology is changing the way we create and experience life in the city.
About the Author
Monica Montserrat Degen is Reader in Cultural Sociology at Brunel University London, UK. Gillian Rose is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oxford, UK.
Reviews
The brilliance of this book lies in the way in which it develops a complex account of relational aesthetics. ... [A]n important intervention in often conservative debates about urban aesthetics -- Gunter Gassner, Cardiff University, UK * Planning Perspectives *
At last, a much-needed contribution to the smart cities genre that finally captures the sensorial essence of our everyday encounters with digital technologies and data in cities, which are all about how our embodied capacities are aligned and redistributed to feel, anticipate, desire, labour, and move. * Agnieszka Leszczynski, Associate Professor, Western University, USA *
This book provides an essential and critical analysis of people's encounters with cities under the influence of branding strategies and computer-generated imagery. Degen and Rose animate the theme of urban aesthetics for any citizen attentive to the stories we tell about our cities. * Richard Coyne, Professor of Architectural Computing, the University of Edinburgh, UK *
In The New Urban Aesthetic, Degen and Rose explore the emerging interface between digital transformations of urban spaces and multi-sensory geographies. This richly-researched book provides a wealth of insights into how contemporary cities are experienced, navigated and also marketed within an increasingly global digital realm. * Matthew Gandy, Professor of Geography at the University of Cambridge, UK and author of Natura urbana: ecological constellations in urban space *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350070837
Author Dr Monica Montserrat Degen
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 520g