{"id":1663,"date":"2013-01-27T20:51:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T03:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/blog\/2013\/01\/cfp-hybrid-city-ii-subtle-revolutions\/"},"modified":"2013-01-27T20:51:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T03:51:12","slug":"cfp-hybrid-city-ii-subtle-revolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/blog\/2013\/01\/cfp-hybrid-city-ii-subtle-revolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"CFP: HYBRID CITY II: Subtle rEvolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

*HYBRID CITY II: Subtle rEvolutions<\/span>
\nConference, workshops, exhibition and parallel events<\/span>
\n23-25 May 2013<\/span>
\nNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens*<\/span>
\nwww.media.uoa.gr\/hybridcity<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\n*Call for projects*<\/span><\/p>\n

Hybrid City II, in collaboration with the National Museum of Contemporary<\/span>
\nArt, Athens (EMST) addresses a call for projects relevant to this year’s<\/span>
\nconference theme, “Subtle rEvolutions”. Works will be presented as part of<\/span>
\nan online exhibition to be launched during the Hybrid City events and will<\/span>
\nalso be on view at the Media Lounge of the Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n

Theme<\/span><\/p>\n

ICTs, whether mobile, wireless or embedded in persistent architectural<\/span>
\nforms, facilitate the collection and dissemination of data, infusing the<\/span>
\nphysical expression of the city with digital layers of content,<\/span>
\ncontributing thus to the emergence of new hybridized spatial logics and<\/span>
\nnovel forms of social interaction. These systems and the hybrid spatial<\/span>
\nexperience they afford, encourage encounters among users; both embodied and<\/span>
\nmediated, and influence community dynamics, giving rise to networks around<\/span>
\ncommon interests and collectives of affect. Sometimes, such groups,<\/span>
\nirrespective of how ephemeral, unstable and dispersed they may be,<\/span>
\nnegotiate a new kind of engagement with the urban environment and civic<\/span>
\nlife, suggesting thus an organizational paradigm that manages to surpass<\/span>
\ntraditional vertical hierarchies of space and consequently of power and<\/span>
\ncontrol. Such configurations among communities, locations, contexts and<\/span>
\nintentions were manifested intensely in the interlinking of protest events<\/span>
\naround the world since 2011, the Arab Spring uprisings, the Occupy movement<\/span>
\nand anti-austerity demonstrations in Southern Europe, but they also<\/span>
\ngradually permeate everyday life in the contemporary metropolis.<\/span>
\nAs sharing and collaborative tactics migrate from online culture to the<\/span>
\nurban realm and ICTs become increasingly open and personalized, rich<\/span>
\nopportunities for new forms of participation in civic life arise. Citizens<\/span>
\nmay be enabled to access information about the city and also to become<\/span>
\ninvolved in the production, collection and distribution of data related to<\/span>
\nurban matters. Hybrid City considers a further investigation of such<\/span>
\nprocesses of crucial importance, so as to gain a deeper understanding of<\/span>
\nthe effect they have on the urban experience and to explore their<\/span>
\ncontribution in shaping the future cities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Topics of interest:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Open cities, open urban data.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Environmental sensing and the Internet of things.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Urban data visualization.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Environmental perception, cognition, immersion and presence in the<\/span>
\ncontext of hybrid urban spaces.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Citizen science and peer production of knowledge.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Psychosocial perspectives into the impact of locative and pervasive media<\/span>
\nuse.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Placemaking, place attachment and place identity in the hybrid city.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Cartography of hybrid spaces.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Mobile commons and wireless practices.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Public spaces and mediated presence.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Gamifying the urban space: playful engagement and game-like citizenship.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Hybrid spaces of conflict: forms of power and counterpower in the<\/span>
\nnetworked city.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Tactical media practices in the urban context.<\/span>
\n\u2022 From open data to data commons.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Open source models of policy and governance.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Emerging currencies and values.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Issues of data ownership and copyrights in hybrid urban contexts.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nQuestions addressed:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Openness vs. privacy. How much openness do we really need? Is there a<\/span>
\ndanger in too much openness actually leading to transparency?<\/span>
\n\u2022 Whose data is open data? Who has access to them and who could potentially<\/span>
\nmake a profit out of them?<\/span>
\n\u2022 How can citizens become motivated to contribute? How do they remain<\/span>
\nactively involved? Who benefits from such collective contributions?<\/span>
\n\u2022 Are there any dangers in the city becoming too smart? What are potential<\/span>
\ntactics of disruption of such an emergence?<\/span><\/p>\n

In this context, we welcome submissions of works that reflect the changes<\/span>
\nand dynamics of today\u2019s cityscape and offer citizens new modes of<\/span>
\ninformation processing and understanding. We wish to present critical<\/span>
\nperspectives and initiatives which are rEvolutionary, in the sense that<\/span>
\nthrough originality and innovation they contribute to shaping the future of<\/span>
\nthe hybrid city, bringing forth change, perhaps subtle or gradual, but<\/span>
\nradical nonetheless.<\/span><\/p>\n

This can include, but is not limited to:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 online or downloadable digital tools,<\/span>
\n\u2022 urban data visualizations,<\/span>
\n\u2022 data flow mappings, digital cartographies,<\/span>
\n\u2022 models for emerging alternatives,<\/span>
\n\u2022 online documentation of innovative practices and tactics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Projects do not need to be strictly net-based but they do need to provide<\/span>
\nsufficient information online.<\/span>
\nProjects which will not involve digital technology in their production and<\/span>
\ndo not refer to the theme addressed in this call will not be considered.<\/span><\/p>\n

Submissions should include:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 A 300 word description of the project.<\/span>
\n\u2022 A 200 word biographical description of the creator\/s.<\/span>
\n\u2022 URL of the project and other related links.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Technical specifications.<\/span><\/p>\n

Deadline: 8 February 2013<\/span>
\nPlease submit your project online:<\/span> www.media.uoa.gr\/hybridcity<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

All projects will be reviewed and selected by curators from the \u201cHybrid<\/span>
\nCity II\u201d organization committee, the National Museum of Contemporary Art,<\/span>
\nAthens and the partner institutions (BIS and CIANT).<\/span>
\nPlease note that creators wishing to have their work published as a paper<\/span>
\nand presented in the conference must have already submitted an abstract<\/span>
\nunder the call for papers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The \u201cHybrid City\u201d events are realized in the context of the \u201cCity as a<\/span>
\nHybrid Interface \u2013 HYBRI-C\u201d project of the EACEA Culture programme<\/span>
\n2007-2013 (the partners in the project are: URIAC, Athens, BIS \u2013 Body<\/span>
\nProcess Arts Association, \u0130stanbul, CIANT, Prague and Fearless, Marseille).<\/span>
\nFor more information on the project visit:<\/span> http:\/\/hybri-city-project.eu\/<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

For any queries or further info please contact us at: hybridcityathens [at]<\/span>
\ngmail [dot] com<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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