{"id":2584,"date":"2015-01-31T20:33:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T03:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/blog\/2015\/01\/the-hybrid-city-3-data-to-the-people\/"},"modified":"2015-01-31T20:33:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T03:33:39","slug":"the-hybrid-city-3-data-to-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/blog\/2015\/01\/the-hybrid-city-3-data-to-the-people\/","title":{"rendered":"The HYBRID CITY 3: Data to the People"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nConference, workshops and parallel events
\n17-19 September 2015
\nUniversity of Athens, Athens, Greece
\nhttp:\/\/uranus.media.uoa.gr\/hc3\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\nAbout<\/p>\n

Hybrid City is an international biennial event dedicated to exploring the
\nemergent character of the city and the potential transformative shift of the
\nurban condition, as a result of ongoing developments in information and
\ncommunication technologies (ICTs) and of their integration in the urban
\nphysical context. It aims to promote dialogue and knowledge exchange among
\nexperts drawn from academia, as well as researchers, artists, designers,
\nadvocates, stakeholders and decision makers, actively involved in addressing
\nquestions on the nature of the technologically mediated urban activity and
\nexperience. The second installment of the Hybrid City, that took place in
\n2013 boasted seven keynote speakers, sixty-eight paper presentations and
\ndiverse parallel events, that were documented in the printed volume of
\nproceedings.<\/p>\n

Hybrid City Conference 2015 in Athens, Greece will consist of three days of
\npaper presentations, panel discussions, workshops and satellite events,
\nunder the theme “Data to the People”. The events are organized by the
\nUniversity Research Institute of Applied Communication (URIAC), in
\ncollaboration with New Technologies Laboratory, of the Faculty of
\nCommunication and Media Studies, of the University of Athens. The main venue
\nof the conference is the central, historic building of the University of
\nAthens, while workshops, projects’ presentations and parallel events will
\ntake place in other University venues and collaborating centers and
\ninstitutions, in the center of Athens<\/p>\n

The 2015 theme: Data to the People<\/p>\n

So far in the 21st century, we have experienced a multi-faceted crisis
\nthat’s challenging the current structural paradigm at a global scale. This
\ncrisis is not only economic; it is also social, political and environmental.
\nAs such, it has a very prominent urban dimension, exposing cities to a
\ndiverse spectrum of distress. Acute natural disasters -earthquakes, fires,
\nor phenomena related to climate change; floods, severe snowfall, fires etc.
\n– precarious access to basic resources such as food and water, lack of
\nopportunities for employment, inefficient social services, e.g. healthcare
\nand education, along with ever increasing unforeseeable acts of violence -a
\ncomplex and manifold phenomenon on its own right- render living in urban
\nareas vulnerable.<\/p>\n

The third Hybrid City Conference seeks to investigate Information
\nCommunication Technologies (ICTs) as means of supporting more Sustainable
\nCities and Resilient, Self-Reliant Communities and for empowering Citizens.
\nBy proclaiming “Data to the People” the Hybrid City Conference adopts a
\ncitizen centered approach and seeks to highlight bottom-up projects and
\ninitiatives and processes of technological mediation, which assist
\nindividuals, communities and cities in responding and adapting to
\nchallenges. The Hybrid City Conference aims to offer insights into the
\ncomplexity of factors that weaken the city fabric and affect urban
\nwellbeing. Furthermore, it aims to investigate the potential of ICTs to
\nsupport proactive and collective design towards future cities, focusing on
\nreal needs and away from a smart-everything rhetoric.<\/p>\n

Hybrid City cordially invites papers both employing a theoretical and\/or a
\npractical approach that present concepts, case studies, projects, works of
\nart and best practices promoting the discussion on the theme. Emphasizing
\nthe inherently interdisciplinary nature of technologically mediated urban
\nactivity, we welcome proposals discussing concepts or documenting projects
\nof urban innovation, that through originality contribute to shaping the
\nfuture of the hybrid city and offer useful insights to the hybridization
\nprocess of the urban environment.<\/p>\n

Submissions may critically examine the following topics, or suggest other
\nrelevant lines of research within the Hybrid City context:
\n. Environmental sensing and the Internet of things: regaining control
\n. Open urban data, capturing and visualization
\n. Environmental perception, cognition, immersion and presence in the context
\nof hybrid urban spaces
\n. Psychosocial perspectives into the impact of locative and pervasive media
\nuse
\n. Placemaking, place attachment and place identity in the hybrid city
\n. New public spaces: From creative spatial re-use to urban farming
\n. Peer to peer urbanism: From open source to doing it with others
\n. Collaborative economies and sharing cities practices
\n. Urban self-reliance: Alternative collectives and support networks
\n. Resilience and sustainability: Emerging citizen-driven toolkits,
\nmethodologies and prototypes
\n. Artworks, and urban interventions for citizen empowerment
\n. Transmedia location-aware storytelling
\n. Performative bodies, gendered spaces and technofeminism in the Hybrid City
\n. Infrastructural fails and alternative communication systems: Critical
\nperspectives and responses to stacktivism
\n. Autonomous, offline file-sharing and communication networks
\n. Open hardware and sustainability<\/p>\n

Author’s Guidelines<\/p>\n

Submissions should include:
\n. Extended abstract of 750 – 1000 words, (including references).
\n. Biographical statement of no more than 250 words.
\n. Keywords (at least five).
\nAll abstracts will undergo a double, blind peer review. Selected authors
\nwill be asked to submit a full paper (8 pages), or short paper (4 pages) to
\nbe included in the printed conference proceedings. Further details will be
\nannounced right after the notification of acceptance<\/p>\n

Important dates
\nDeadline for extended abstract submissions: 15\/3\/15
\nResponse to authors: 22\/4\/15
\nCamera ready full paper submission: 22\/6\/15<\/p>\n

Submission
\nPlease submit your contribution using the online platform.<\/p>\n

For any queries or further info please contact us at:<\/p>\n

hybridcityathens [at] gmail [dot] com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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