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The Rising of the Ubiquitous City: Global Networks, Locative Media and Surveillance Technologies1

The Rising of the Ubiquitous City: Global Networks, Locative Media and Surveillance Technologies1

Rodrigo Firmino, Fábio Duarte, Clovis Ultramari
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781609600518|ISBN10: 1609600517|EISBN13: 9781609600532
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-051-8.ch001
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Firmino, Rodrigo, et al. "The Rising of the Ubiquitous City: Global Networks, Locative Media and Surveillance Technologies1." ICTs for Mobile and Ubiquitous Urban Infrastructures: Surveillance, Locative Media and Global Networks, edited by Rodrigo J. Firmino, et al., IGI Global, 2011, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-051-8.ch001

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Firmino, R., Duarte, F., & Ultramari, C. (2011). The Rising of the Ubiquitous City: Global Networks, Locative Media and Surveillance Technologies1. In R. Firmino, F. Duarte, & C. Ultramari (Eds.), ICTs for Mobile and Ubiquitous Urban Infrastructures: Surveillance, Locative Media and Global Networks (pp. 1-13). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-051-8.ch001

Chicago

Firmino, Rodrigo, Fábio Duarte, and Clovis Ultramari. "The Rising of the Ubiquitous City: Global Networks, Locative Media and Surveillance Technologies1." In ICTs for Mobile and Ubiquitous Urban Infrastructures: Surveillance, Locative Media and Global Networks, edited by Rodrigo J. Firmino, Fabio Duarte, and Clovis Ultramari, 1-13. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-051-8.ch001

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Abstract

In this chapter, the authors investigate how the shift to a completely urban global world intertwined by ubiquitous and mobile ICTs changes the ontological meaning of space, and how the use of these technologies challenges the social and political construction of territories and the cultural appropriation of places. The authors‘ approach to this conceptual debate will focus on what they consider to be more direct and tangible implications of this augmentation of urban life. Three types of manifestations will represent the core of the discussions presented here, both through theoretical approaches and analytical descriptions of some examples: surveillance artifacts which permeate daily life and allow a hypothetical total control of space; locative media that gives us the freedom of spatial mobility and the possibility of creating and recreating places; and the global networks of signs, values and ideologies, which break down the social and political boundaries of territories.

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