Urban Sensographies

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Synopsis
Urban Sensographies views the human body as a highly nuanced sensor to explore how various performance-based methods can be implemented to gather usable ‘felt data’ about the environment of the city as the basis for creating embodied mappings. The contributors to this fascinating volume seek to draw conclusions about the constitution, character and morphology of urban space as public, habitable and sustainable by monitoring the reactions of the human body as a form of urban sensor. This co-authored book is centrally concerned, as a symptom of the degree to which cities are evolving in the 21st century, to examine the effects of this change on the practices and behaviours of urban dwellers. This takes into account such factors as: defensible, retail and consumer space; legacies of modernist design in the built environment; the effects of surveillance technologies, motorised traffic and smart phone use; the integration of ‘wild’ as well as ‘domesticated’ nature in urban planning and living; and the effects of urban pollution on the earth’s climate. Drawing on three years of funded practical research carried out by a multi-medial team of researchers and artists, this book analyses the presence and movement of the human body in urban space, which is essential reading for academics and practitioners in the fields of dance, film, visual art, sound technology, digital media and performance studies.
Copyright:
2021

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
190 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000291360
Related ISBNs:
9780367653118, 9780367808396, 9780367406714
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Nicolas Whybrow
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Drama, Plays and Theater, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Nicolas Whybrow

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