Digital Cities: The Interdisciplinary Future of the Urban Geo-Humanities

2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-52454-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 98 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 286 g

This book highlights an interdisciplinary terrain where the humanities and social sciences combine with digital methods. It argues that while disciplinary frictions still condition the potential of digital projects, the nature of the urban phenomenon pushes us toward an interdisciplinary and digital future where the primacy of cities is assured.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fraser, Benjamin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

PART I: LAYERS OF THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CITY
1. What is the City?
2. Art and the Urban Experience

PART II: DISCIPLINARY/DIGITAL DEBATES AND THE URBAN PHENOMENON
3. The Humanities, the Social Sciences and the Digital Sciences
4. What is Urban Totality?

PART III: TOWARD A THEORY OF DIGITAL CITIES
5. What are Digital Cities?
6. Thick Mapping as Urban Metaphor

Epilogue: Bridged Cities (A Calvino-esque Tale)

Über Autor(innen)

Benjamin Fraser is Professor and Chair of Foreign Languages and Literatures at East Carolina University, USA.