Final BRIDE event on August 23, 2023, in Delft

 All good things must come to an end. On August 23, 2023, we will celebrate the closing of the BRIDE project with a smaller academic event at the TU Delft. Please join us and register at

https://www.aanmelder.nl/bride-closing-event

I look forward to looking back at four intense years of work on smart urban infrastructure.

Philosophy of the City Summer Colloquium 2018: Sneak preview

While we are updating the Philosophy of the City website, here's a sneak preview of the talks and the papers to be discussed at the Colloquium... There is a limited number of seats reserved for guests, who will not present but may engage in the discussions. If you want to participate, please register at our website.

Philosophy of the City Summer Colloquium 2018: Technology and the City

University of Twente (NL)

Conferentie Hotel Drienerburght

Monday, June 11, 2018

Local keynote 1: Philip Brey (University of Twente): Technological Transformations of the City and Its Functions

Papers:

• Hans Voordijk (University of Twente) and Steven Dorrestijn (Saxion Enschede): Smart City Technologies and Figures of Technical Mediation
• David Murakami Wood (Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario): Can there be genuine human flourishing in the data-driven smart city?
• Brandt Dainow (Maynooth University, Ireland): Binding the smart city human-digital system with communicative processes
• Thilo Schaefer (University of Toronto): Sidewalk sensors: the implications of modern technology for urban public space
• Bart van der Sloot (Tilburg University) and Marjolein Lanzing (TU Eindhoven): Living Laboratories: Watching and Changing the Behavior of Smart Citizens

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Papers:

• Steven Vogel (Denison University, Granville, OH): ’Let’s Look Under the City’: On the Hiddenness of Infrastructure
• Mark Thomas Young (University of Bergen): Invisible Structures - Maintenance, Repair and the Experience of Infrastructure
• Jonathan Maskit (Denison University, Granville, OH): “The Accursed Share”: Cyclists and Traffic Controls
• Milos Mladenovic (Aalto University, Helsinki): Explicating hidden moral dilemmas of self-driving vehicle technology development
• Gerald J. Erion (Medaille College, Buffalo, NY): The City as Medium: Marshall McLuhan and Urbanist Philosophy
• McKay Holland (Georgetown University, Washington, DC): Urban Social Ecology: Constructing Niches to Promote Possibilities
• Margoth González Woge (University of Twente): Smart Environments - Exploring the Relevance of a High-Tech World
• Marcel Müller (University of Darmstadt): The Concept of ‘Lifeworld’ in Philosophy of Technology

Master students’ panels:

• Selen Eren (University of Twente): The Techno-Political Order of Smart Cities: An analysis through the Arendtian understanding of politics
• Zeynep Yavuz (University of Amsterdam): Probing the Limitations of Digital Representations: The City as Humanistic Experiment
• Lorenzo Olivieri (University of Twente): Smart cities and the colonization of everyday life: playful moments for the information cage
• Denise Suzanne Antoinette Maria Op den Kamp (University of Twente): Smart Infrastructure – A Research on the shaping agency of the WiFi sensors project in Enschede

Public keynote lecture

Ekim Tan (Play the City, Amsterdam): Play to plan

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Local keynote 2: Peter-Paul Verbeek (University of Twente): Technopolis and technopolitics: smart cities and the digitalization of democracy

Papers:

• Udo Pesch (TU Delft): The Relevance of Arendt’s Work for Understanding Public Space
• Ryan Mitchell Wittingslow (University of Groningen): Authenticity and the „Authentic City“
• Shane Epting (University of Nevada Las Vegas): ICT and Water Resource Management for Urban Sustainability
• Taylor Stone (TU Delft): Towards a Darker Future? Designing Environmental Values into the Next Generation of Streetlights
• Sanna Lehtinen & Vesa Vihanninjoki (University of Helsinki): Aesthetic Perspectives to New Urban Technologies – Conceptualizing and Evaluating the Technology-Driven Changes in the Urban Experience

CfP Philosophy of the City Summer Colloquium 2018

1st Philosophy of the City Summer Colloquium
Technology & the City
June 11-13, 2018, University of Twente

Call for papers

In addition to our annual conference, the Philosophy of the City Research Group hosts one Summer Colloquium per year. The first Colloquium will be held at the University of Twente (NL).

The aim of the Summer Colloquia is to bring together scholars within a specific domain of Philosophy of the City. The first Colloquium will explore the intersection and interplay between Philosophy of the City and Philosophy of Technology.

While the city and its parts are designed, built, maintained, governed, and destroyed with the means of technology, surprisingly little work has been undertaken on the interplay of technologies and the City or the more broadly metaphysical question of ‘Technology and the City.’ Some prominent philosophers of the past, like Lewis Mumford, had a striking dystopian view on the impact of Technology on the City. By contrast, the contemporary vision of the “smart city” sets forth the promise to address important societal challenges (e.g., climate adaptation and fighting global warming) with the help of sensors, big data analytics, and ‘city dashboards.’ Our Philosophy of the City Summer Colloquium aims to develop a more nuanced and holistic perspective on the role of technology in city life.

To ensure an intense and in-depth discussion, we will accept a maximum of 20 papers. In addition, we will accept a maximum of 10 posters from PhD candidates and Master-level students. PhD candidates are also invited to submit a paper.

Draft papers will be circulated one month ahead of the Colloquium. Each paper will be presented and discussed in a 60 minute-time slot (30 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes for a formal response, and 20 minutes of discussions). Each participant will be asked to comment on one paper. A limited number of papers will be presented in parallel sessions.

PhD candidates and Master-level students will have 3 minutes to pitch their posters in a dedicated session before the poster presentation.

Potential topics include

• The place of technology in the city
• Technology and the urban / rural divide
• Social justice, technology, and the City
• Living with disaster: Anticipation and resilience
• The aesthetics of urban technologies
• Race, Technology, and the City
• Urban cyberspaces
• “Kill all techies!” High-Tech Companies and Gentrification
• The role of Philosophy of the City in Engineering Education

Confirmed keynote speakers

Ekim Tan (Play the City, Amsterdam)

Philip Brey (University of Twente)

Peter-Paul Verbeek (University of Twente)

Timeline

February 15, 2018	Submission of abstracts (350 words, prepared for blind review)
March 15, 2018	Notification of authors, opening of registration
April 15, 2018	Closing of registration
May 15, 2018	Circulation of draft papers among participants

Submission of abstract

Send submissions (prepared for anonymous review) and questions to:

Dr. Michael Nagenborg, m.h.nagenborg@utwente.nl

All abstracts will be reviewed by at least one member of the executive committee and one member of the programme committee.

Venue

The Symposium will take place at the Conference Hotel Drienerburght (http://www.drienerburght.nl). Rooms have been reserved for the participants and can be booked directly through the hotel’s website, once the registration has been opened.

The University of Twente (https://www.utwente.nl/en/) is located in the east of the Netherlands between the cities of Enschede and Hengelo. The most convenient international airport is Schiphol (close to Amsterdam). There is a direct train from Schiphol to Enschede Central Station every hour. The trip takes about two hours.

Conference fee

Master students: 30 EUR
PhD candidates: 80 EUR
Regular conference fee: 130 EUR

The conference fee includes lunch and catering. Opportunities for joint dinners will be provided, but dinner will not be included in the conference fee.

Executive Committee

Shane Epting (President), Ronald Sundstrom (Vice-President), Michael Nagenborg (Secretary), and Jules Simon (Treasurer)

Programme Committee

To be established

Contact

Dr. Michael Nagenborg, m.h.nagenborg@utwente.nl

Call as Download

You can download the Call as PDF here.