Tuesday, 9 February 2021

Urban Assemblage: The City as Architecture, Media, AI and Big Data 

URBAN ASSEMBLAGE: Public debate and conference

https://architecturemps.com/london-hatfield/

KEYNOTE DEBATE:

Stefano Paiocchi – Senior Associate at Zaha Hadid (Architecture)
Peter Richardson – Professor of Film at UH (Media Studies)
Diana Kurkovsky West – Auburn University (Political Science)
Susan Parham – Director of the UH Urbanism Unit at UH (Social Policy)

The keynote session is planned in London. Any in-person presentations will take place in the University of Hertfordshire campus in Hatfield on the outskirts of London. Delegates can present virtually on our Zoom platform.

Dates: 28-30 June 2021

Organisers: University of Hertfordshire

Place: Virtual / London / Hatfield, UK.

Round One Abstracts: 1 April, 2021

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DISCIPLINES: Architecture and Urbanism | AI, Data and Technology | Media and Communications | Art, Design and Film | Sociology and Politics

PUBLISHERS: Intellect Books | Routledge

FROMATS: pre-recorded presentations, film screenings, zoom, in-person, written papers.

See example pre-recorded presentations on the AMPS academic YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/c/AMPSresearch

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THEMES: AI, data, urban design, architecture, art-film-photography, planning, sociology, digital design, smart cities, and more.

ORGANISERS: University of Hertfordshire | Intellect Books | Routledge | AMPS | PARADE

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CALL:

Today, the city is technological infused entity premised on a plethora of digital phenomena including the Internet of Things, ubiquitous computing, computer-led infrastructure, big data and AI. It is also a place designed, envisaged and increasingly built through data based digital architecture, planning and construction. Both scenarios mediate how we design and experience of the city. The result is a series of complex interactions of people, place and data and the establishment of the 'digital city', 'smart buildings' and 'intelligent' urbanism.

This new polemic agency of the machine informs the creative industries. A plethora of films in recent decades have built on the imaginary it offers while, in the arts, data is increasingly used as both a tool and motive for artworks. However, there are concerns. GIS, Google Maps and Facebook all offer interconnected information on urban life. They are also conduits for the collation of personal data and its misuse. Sociologists highlight the dangers of the digital dependency of future generations. 3D printed buildings threaten job losses in the construction industry. The idea of parametric urbanism is an anathema to many for whom city is a place of interpersonal interaction.

This conference seeks to explore these and related issues from a variety of discipline perspectives.

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To participate, submit an abstract:

https://architecturemps.com/london-hatfield/

The conference will be made a fully online event as necessary.

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OTHER CONFERENCES

The conference is connected to a series of events related to technologies, education, design and city management. The series brings together Routledge, Intellect Books, UCL Press, AMPS, the University of Hertfordshire and multiple other universities internationally including:

City University, New York, USA | Beaconhouse National University, Pakistan | Ball State University, USA | University of Pretoria, South Africa | University of Kassel, Germany

Other upcoming conferences in the series include:

ONLINE EDUCATION: TEACHING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
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Place: Virtual
Dates: 21-23 April, 2021
Abstracts: 5 March, 2021
https://architecturemps.com/online-ed-conference/

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NEW YORK 2021: BEYOND CLIMATE CHANGE – DESIGN, EQUITY, ECONOMY AND HOUSING IN THE CITY
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Place: Virtual / City Tech, CUNY, New York
Dates: 16-18, June 2021
Abstracts: 30 March, 2021
https://architecturemps.com/new-york 2021/
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