[urban interfaces] research group at Utrecht University

Author Archive: Michiel de Lange

Michiel de Lange (1976) is an Assistant Professor in New Media Studies, Department of Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University; co-founder of The Mobile City, a platform for the study of new media and urbanism; and works as a researcher in the field of (mobile) media, urban culture, identity and play.

Report (part 3) of workshop “Data Commons for smart cities”

[this report is also published on https://www.bijt.org/wordpress/tag/workshop-report-data-commons/] This is the first part of a 3-part report of a workshop held on 6 October 2022 about the data commons and the smart city, which I co-organized. Links to part 1 >>, and to part 2 >>. Background of the workshop In our datafied smart cities, the…

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Report (part 2) of workshop “Data Commons for smart cities”

[this report is also published on https://www.bijt.org/wordpress/tag/workshop-report-data-commons/] This is the first part of a 3-part report of a workshop held on 6 October 2022 about the data commons and the smart city, which I co-organized. Links to part 1 >>, and to part 3 >>. Background of the workshop In our datafied smart cities, the…

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Report (part 1) of workshop “Data Commons for smart cities”

[this report is also published on https://www.bijt.org/wordpress/tag/workshop-report-data-commons/] This is the first part of a 3-part report of a workshop held on 6 October 2022 about the data commons and the smart city, which I co-organized.  Links to part 2 >>, and to part 3 >>. Background of the workshop In our datafied smart cities, the…

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Guest blogpost: Verena Kämpken – Hauntological Architecture, Frankfurt’s newly built oldtown ensemble and spectral city politics. (Conversation between a Ghost and a Living)

For our [urban interfaces] seminar series on the theme The Magic City (2021-2022), we invited participants to write blogposts. The best and most interesting ones we publish on our website. Below is the blogpost for seminar session #3, written by Verena Kämpken. With a background of a BA in Sociology and Human Geography from Goethe-University in…

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