DMS 460 - Locative Media

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University at Buffalo

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Credits: 4 Semester: Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Type: LEC Locative Media is an emerging field of art and technology practices that incorporate location, data, mobile computing and wireless networks in positing alternate modes for inhabiting contemporary public space. Some of these practices offer new insights into issues related to place and modes of spatial occupation. This seminar will focus on Locative Media practices situated within urban environments, and seek to establish a critical context within which to evaluate some of their key claims and aspirations. Drawing on a broader discourse involving the technological mediation of urban experience, the course will combine readings in social theory, spatiality, technology and urban form with an examination of specific art practices of the Surrealists, the Situationists, conceptual and performance art from the 60 s and 70 s, and more recent projects in Locative Media. Concepts of mapping, psycho-geography, participatory networks, and hybrid spatial experiences will be examined in relation to how we locate and orient ourselves within, navigate through, and inhabit the contemporary city. Students will have the option of producing either a research paper or a project, working independently or in collaboration with others.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.buffalo.edu

Phone Number:

(716) 645-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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