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 week 1, written by Jason Clark. Jason Clark is a rMA student in Cultural Analysis, which is a part of ASCA…

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 session #1, written by Kim Sommer. Kim Sommer is a student of the Media, Art and Performance program at Utrecht University….

The following report was written for the Playful City S.I.G., which is part of the Utrecht University-based Focus Area on Game Research:  The Media Architecture Biennale (MAB20) took place from June 24th – July 2nd 2021, and was organized by Utrecht University (UU) and the University of Applied Science in Amsterdam (AUAS). MAB20 was organized by…

This blogpost is a result of the graduate seminar “Interfacing the (In)formal City” 2021. Written by Lisa Spinelli.   Lisbon and the Pandemic: Urban (In)Formal Structures and Practices In contemporary urban settings, multiple structures are shaping the way people live their lives, from transportations, to economic transactions, and, up to a certain point, to the…

This blogpost is a result of the graduate seminar “Interfacing the (In)formal City” 2021. Written by Andre Joglekar.   Digital Cartography: From Mapping Places To Mapping Society   Cartography has had an essential role in contemporary communication. The spread of GPS (Global  Positioning System) in mobile phones, interactive mapping tools and social networks through the  internet…