[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.

Preview of two upcoming Open Access publications

Sneak preview: Two upcoming Open Access publications are already listed on the publisher’s websites: The Playful Citizen: Civic Engagement in a Mediatized Culture, edited by René Glas, Sybille Lammes, Michiel de Lange, Joost Raessens, and Imar de Vries (Amsterdam University press)   2) The Hackable City: Digital Media and Collaborative City Making in the Network Society, edited by Michiel de…

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Critical making workshop “The Right to the City & Urban Commons”

Critical making ‘pressure cooker’ workshop  “The Right to the City & Urban Commons” on 19-20 March 2019: (see also last year’s workshop >> for more background info) New technologies and datafication in so-called smart cities affect how we interface with the city. Social, economic and technological changes also lead to new urban frictions, and increasingly…

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Graduate seminar session 3: The Right to the City & Urban Commons

Session 3 of the Graduate Seminar Series “The Right to the City & Urban Commons”: New technologies and datafication in so-called smart cities affect how we interface with the city. Social, economic and technological changes also lead to new urban frictions, and increasingly put strain on collectively shared urban commons and the right to the…

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Graduate seminar session 2: The Right to the City & Urban Commons

Session 2 of the Graduate Seminar Series “The Right to the City & Urban Commons” New technologies and datafication in so-called smart cities affect how we interface with the city. Social, economic and technological changes also lead to new urban frictions, and increasingly put strain on collectively shared urban commons and the right to the…

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