• DocumentCode
    1092220
  • Title

    Underground Aesthetics: Rethinking Urban Computing

  • Author

    Bassoli, Arianna ; Brewer, Johanna ; Martin, Karen ; Dourish, Paul ; Mainwaring, Scott

  • Author_Institution
    London Sch. of Econ., London
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    39
  • Lastpage
    45
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Pervasive Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1536-1268
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPRV.2007.68
  • Filename
    4287442