Digital Urban Acupuncture: Human Ecosystems and the Life of Cities in the Age of Communication, Information and Knowledge

Author:   Salvatore Iaconesi ,  Oriana Persico
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
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9783319434025


Pages:   230
Publication Date:   07 October 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Salvatore Iaconesi ,  Oriana Persico
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.633kg
ISBN:  

9783319434025


ISBN 10:   3319434020
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   07 October 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. How to use this Book.- Chapter 3.Third X.- Chapter 4. Ecosystems in Cities.- Chapter 5. A Case Study: Turin.- Chapter 6.The Relational Ecosystem in Cities.- Chapter 7. A Case Study: Kansas City's Innovation Ecosystem.- Chapter 8. Understanding Relations and the Flows of Emotions, Information and Knowledge.- Chapter 9. Digital Urban Acupuncture.- Chapter 10.- A case study: Rome's Cultural Ecosystems.- Chapter 11. More than Humans.-Chapter 13. Ecosystems: From Consensus to Co-existence.- Chapter 14. A Temporary Conclusion.

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Salvatore Iaconesi is an interaction designer, robotics engineer, and artist. TED Fellow 2012, Eisenhower Fellow since 2013 and Yale World Fellow 2014. He currently teaches Interaction Design and cross-media practices at the Faculty of Architecture of the “La Sapienza” University of Rome, at ISIA Design Florence, at the Rome University of Fine Arts and at the IED Design institute. He produced videogames, artificial intelligences, expert systems dedicated to business and scientific research, entertainment systems, mobile ecosystems, interactive architectures, cross-medial publications, augmented reality systems, and experiences and applications dedicated to providing products, services and practices to human beings all over the world, enabled by technologies, networks and new metaphors of interactions, across cultures and languages. He is CEO of Human Ecosystems LTD in the UK and founder of Art is Open Source. His artworks and performances have been featured worldwide at festivals and conferences. Salvatore actively participates to global discussions and actions on the themes of freedoms, new forms of expression and on the future scenarios of our planet from the points of view of energy, environment, multi-cultural societies, gender mutation, sustainability and innovation on both society and business, collaborating with institutions, enterprises and international research groups. Oriana Persico holds a degree in Communication Sciences, is an expert in participatory policies and digital inclusion. She is an artist and writer. She has worked together with national governments and the European Union to the creation of best practices, standards and researches in the areas of digital rights, social and technological innovation, Digital Business Ecosystems (DBE), practices for participation and knowledge sharing. Oriana writes critical, scientific, philosophical and poetical texts that connects to technological innovation,and on its cultural, sociological, economic and political impacts. She is an expert on the formal analysis of cultural and social trends, with specific focus on social networks. She creates breakthrough communication campaigns, performances, research methodologies and strategies

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