Title :
Underground Aesthetics: Rethinking Urban Computing
Author :
Bassoli, Arianna ; Brewer, Johanna ; Martin, Karen ; Dourish, Paul ; Mainwaring, Scott
Author_Institution :
London Sch. of Econ., London
Abstract :
An ethnographic study and a design proposal for a situated music-exchange application suggest how explicitly foregrounding the experiential qualities of urban life can help rethink urban computing design. In this article, through reflection on the ethnographic study results and the undersound design, how an aesthetic account of urban life might be the basis of designs that support not only an individual but also a collective experience of the city is explored.
Keywords :
mobile computing; ethnographic study; mobile applications; music-exchange application; underground aesthetics; urban computing; Cities and towns; Computer applications; Global Positioning System; Information resources; Instruments; Mobile computing; Navigation; Proposals; Reflection; Space technology; mobile communication; music sharing; situated design; system analysis and design; ubiquitous computing; urban computing;
Journal_Title :
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPRV.2007.68
