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Author:   Katharine S. Willis
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9781472438621

ISBN 10:   1472438620
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   28 December 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction, Part I: Infrastructures, 1. Networked Infrastructures, 2. Meshworks and Assemblages, 3. Historical Context, 4. Making Sense of the City, 5. Case Study: The Cloud, Part II: Places, 1. Networked Places, 2. Digital Places, 3. Historical Context, 4. Digital Places, 5. Case Study: Location-based Social Networks, Part III: Boundaries, 1. Digital Thresholds, 2. Digital Boundaries, 3. Historical Context, 4. Thresholds, 5. Case Study: Public Wireless Networks, Part IV: Publics, 1. Networked Publics, 2. Performing Spaces, 3. Historical Context, 4. New Digital Publics, 5. Case Study: Urban Screens, Part V: Times, 1. Digital Rhythms, 2. Times and Rhythms, 3. Historical Context, 4. Digital Rhythms, 5. Case Study: ‘Real Time’ Cities, Part VI: Things, 1. Networked Things, 2. Digital and Material Worlds, 3. Historical Context, 4. Connected Objects, 5. People and Spaces, 6. Case Study: Smart Homes, Part VII: Future Challenges

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'Forget cyberspace as disentangled from real spaces. Willis's book shows (theoretical and empirically) that our contemporary societies are endowed with Netspaces - hybrid spaces of places and digital networks. The main contribution of the book is to open, critically and deeply, the digital black boxes, and to examine the invisibility of informational space. Willis claims that Netspaces are creating multiple in-between spaces, changing the way we inhabit our cities.' Andre Lemos, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil

Author Information

Katharine Willis's research over the last decade has explored the effects and implications of digital networks on the experience and design of urban space and place. She has authored and edited over forty publications on these themes. Recent books include: 'Locative Media: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Media and Locality' (co-edited, Transcript Press 2013); 'Shared Encounters' (co-edited, Springer 2010) and 'Mediacity: situations, practices and encounters' (co-edited, Frank and Timme 2009). Katharine Willis trained as an Architect with a Masters in Architecture from the Bartlett, University College London. She has a PHD from the Bauhaus University of Weimar, Germany where she was an EU Marie Curie Fellow in the MEDIACITY research project. Since 2011 she has been based in the School of Architecture, Design and Environment at University of Plymouth, UK, where she is Associate Professor (Reader) in digital environments.

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