Co-delivered seminar presentation on digital cities, looking at case studies of Brighton and Taiwan. For MA in Digital Media (2012).

1. Digital Cities
Dom Pates | Pei-Chi Wu

2. Introduction

3. Wireless internet & public spaces
Will wi-fi use support public
disengagement, with people
withdrawing from the public realm in
exchange for private spheres of
influence, or will it facilitate new
interactions and contribute to the
development of a new public sphere?
“
”(Hampton & Gupta, 2008, p. 832)

4. Brighton: Co-working & networking
(Gooby, CC-BY)

5. Taipei: True Mobiles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7RgRlFJWiI

6. The ‘ubiquitous city’
Three primary forces are
shaping the future of Korean
cyberculture – big business,
the government, and Korean
citizens.“ ”(Townsend, 2005, p. 2)

7. Brighton: Pier to Pier

8. Taipei: The Future is Now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdqVnsC9imA

9. The imagined city
…the city has, and has always
had, an imagined
dimension…a peculiar
characteristic that joins
together visual and
imaginative elements.
“ ”(Brighenti, 2010)

10. Brighton: Silicon Beach

11. Taipei: the diversity of the city

12. Taipei: the diversity of the city
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwHZYH6auOs
https://youtu.be/MwHZYH6auOs

13. Why Things Matter

14. References
Hampton, K; Gupta, N (2008). Community and social interaction in the
wireless city: wi-fi use in public and semi-public spaces. New Media & Society,
Vol 10 (6).
Townsend, A R (2005). Seoul searching – cybernomads and the ubiquitous
city. Receiver 13.
Brighenti, A M (2010). New Media and the Prolongations of Urban
Environments. Convergence, 16.
Bleecker, J (2005). A Manifesto for Networked Objects – Cohabiting with
Pigeons, Arphids and Aibos in the Internet of Things. Techwondo.com

15. Questions
Will greater wi-fi use lead to increased withdrawal from public spaces in
exchange for the private sphere?
What impact has ‘ubiquitous internet’ had on your work/social life?
Is ‘ubiquitous connectivity’ damaging or enhancing our sense of
community?
How are business, government and citizenry shaping digital culture in your
city?
What ‘blogjects’ would you deploy into cities and onto the internet?