Mediacity Book Launches

Frank Eckardt et al. (eds.)

MEDIACITY
Situations, Practices and Encounters

440 pages, 49,80 €, Paperback, ISBN 978-3-86596-182-2

„MEDIACITY – Situations, Practices and Encounters“ investigates how the social settings and spaces of the city are created, experienced and practiced through the use and presence of new media. It takes the position that new media enables different settings, practices and  behaviours to occur in urban space. Contributions from academics, practitioners and activists from disciplines such as Media Studies, Architecture, Urban Studies, Cultural and Urban Geography and Sociology present a critical reflection on the processes, methods and  impacts of technologies in urban space.

The MEDIACITY Project seeks to facilitate the transfer of outstanding international knowledge at the Bauhaus-University Weimar in order to intensify research within the interdisciplinary fields of Media Studies, Architecture and Urban Sociology. It aims to research solutions for urban development in a knowledge based society.





Future Urban Research in Europe, edited by Frank Eckardt, Vol. 1 

Ulrike Bucher, Maros Finka (eds.):
The Electronic City

256 pages, 25,00 €, Paperback, ISBN 978-3-8305-1452-7 

The topic “The Electronic City” refers to the introduction and the consequences of the new information and communication technologies for urban life. In which way can “E-Europe” for all be realised? How can the digital divide be overcome? What are the consequences for the socially disfavoured groups and how can they participate in the E-City? Is human behaviour different in virtual space? These are the questions which are part of many discourses on this topic and which are addressed in this book.

For further information on the FUTURE Project please visit:
www.urban-future.net





Frank Eckardt (ed.)

Media and Urban Space
Understanding, Investigating and Approaching Mediacity

354 pages, 39,80 €, Paperback, ISBN 978-3-86596-142-6

New information and communication techniques have significant influences on urban life. In this book, international and interdisciplinary research, projects and considerations about the emerging “Mediacity” are presented. Contributions from scientists, artists, and architects from 14 different countries are analyzing, researching and creatively approaching the cultural, social, political, and economical phenomena of the encounter between media and urban space.





Frank Eckardt, Martina Zschocke (eds.)

Mediacity

260 pages, 18,60 €, Paperback, ISBN-10: 3-86068-297-0

The book “Mediacity" offers an inside view in the first findings of the project. It was launched at the first Mediacity Conference in November 2006. To obtain a copy, please go to the online order form from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.