[Commlist] Hybrid Conference (NYC+London): Cities, Tec, Society and Culture

In the context of COVID-19 social distancing and the use of technologies 
of work and communication have dominated recent debates about how we 
‘should’ live in cities. Reflecting this, these two ‘city’ conferences 
open up their calls to reflections on the future of how we live in cities.

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URBAN ASSEMBLAGE : THE CITY AS ARCHITECTURE, MEDIA, AI AND BIG DATA
Place: Virtual / London / Hatfield, UK. Dates: 28-30 June 2021
Organisers: University of Hertfordshire
Abstracts: 01 Dec, 2020 (Round 1)

Delegates can present virtually. The keynote will be held in London. 
Socially distanced conference presentations will take place in the 
University of Hertfordshire campus in Hatfield on the outskirts of London.
https://architecturemps.com/london-hatfield/

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CITIES IN A CHANGING WORLD: QUESTIONS OF CULTURE, CLIMATE AND DESIGN

Place: Virtual / New York
Dates: 16-18, June 2021 Organisers: City Tech, CUNY Abstracts: 30 Nov 
2020  (Round 1)

Delegates can present virtually. The socially distanced keynote and 
conference presentations will take place at City Tech, Brooklyn, New York.
https://architecturemps.com/new-york 2021/

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FORMATS: In-person, pre-recorded presentations, Zoom, written papers.
Reflecting the online/in-person nature of these events all pre-recorded 
presentations will be permanently available on the AMPS Academic YouTube 
channel:

https://www.youtube.com/c/AMPSresearch

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DISCIPLINES: Sociology, Human Geography, Architecture, Planning, 
Urbanism, Technology, Design, Media
PUBLISHERS: Routledge, UCL Press

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CALL SUMMARY – LONDON

Through ubiquitous computing, big data, A.I. and a plethora of related 
digital technologies, our cities have become sites for the production, 
processing and sharing of information. They are also places designed and 
built through data based digital architecture, planning and 
construction. The ‘digital city’ and ‘smart buildings’ being just two 
consequences. These data filled places are also sites for the creative 
imagination. The  Matrix, Ex Machina, Her, Minority Report are just a 
few of the films that have built on the imaginary in recent times. 
However, there are concerns. GIS, Google Maps and Facebook all offer 
interconnected information on urban life. They are also conduits for the 
collation of personal data and its misuse. The assumption of digital 
access for all leads some to worry about issues of social exclusion. 
Sociologists highlight the dangers of the digital dependency of future 
generations. 3D printed buildings threaten job losses in the 
construction industry. The idea of parametric urbanism is an anathema to 
many for whom city is a place of interpersonal interaction. This 
conference seeks to explore these themes through a range of disciplinary 
perspectives: architecture, urban design, planning, art, digital design, 
communications, landscape design and more.
Submit and abstract: https://architecturemps.com/london-hatfield/

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CALL SUMMARY – NEW YORK

The premise of this conference is that the city is a site of 
interconnected problems and solutions operative across disciplines, both 
today, and in the future. While issues of architectural design, 
urbanization, resilience, housing and healthy cities etc. all respond to 
their own unique and independent demands, they are also interrelated. As 
a result, innovations in one area are useful in another. This conference 
suggests that: i) nowhere is this interrelated dynamic more evident than 
in the issue of climate change and ii) that the host city, New York, 
offers a perfect example of the interconnected urban phenomena. On that 
basis, it seeks to instigate interdisciplinary debate on initiatives in 
specific fields with the objective of offering a fuller and broader 
understanding of our work and its potential impact inside and outside 
our own disciplinary boundaries.

Submit and abstract: https://architecturemps.com/new-york 2021/

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