Media and Urban Space

[i]International Conference [/i] November 10th to 12th 2006 Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany The terms "media" and "city" are used in many discourses and have different references. A wide range of disciplines are formulating assumptions about the relationship between spatial and technological relationships, while neither terminologies nor theoretical framing are worked out. The conference "Media and Urban Space" attempts to research different approaches to handle the basic question of how "media" and "urban space" might be constructed as terms which will allow further empirical research strategies. MEDIACITY intends to achieve a transfer of experiences and theoretical knowledge about opportunities to implement information and media technologies in an urban environment. The conference focuses on the issue of a knowledge based economy and society for cities, the use for new media in the practice of urban planning, land use and architecture and the necessary political and social framework to ensure the socially balanced embedding of these technologies. Program and further information: http://www.mediacityproject.com/e_program.php