Communicative Cities and Urban Space

Cities have long been recognized as key sites for fostering new communication practices, but as contemporary cities experience major changes, how do diverse inhabitants encounter each other? How do cities remember? What is the role of the built environment in fostering sites for public communication in a digital era? Communicative Cities and Urban Space offers a critical analysis of these questions and explores digitized urban space as a historically specific communicative environment.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 244 pages
Publication date: 01 August 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Cities have long held a prominent position in fostering innovative communication practices. Nevertheless, as modern cities undergo significant transformations, how do diverse inhabitants interact with each other? How do cities preserve their memories? What role does the built environment play in creating spaces for public communication in the digital age?

Communicative Cities and Urban Space provides a comprehensive examination of the evolving relationship between urban space and communication in the contemporary era. This volume aims to explore the contextualization of contemporary communication practices within diverse urban contexts and examine digitized urban spaces as historically specific communicative environments. The essays collected in this book collectively argue that the concept of the "communicative city" serves as a valuable framework for reevaluating the aforementioned questions in the context of 21st-century "media cities." They prompt us to reconsider qualities such as openness, autonomy, and diversity in contemporary urban communication practices and identify factors that may either expand or limit communicative possibilities.

This book is of significant interest to students and scholars in the fields of communication studies and urban studies. It offers valuable insights into the dynamic interplay between urban spaces and communication practices, shedding light on the complex dynamics that shape our contemporary urban landscapes. By examining the role of the built environment in fostering communicative possibilities, this book contributes to our understanding of the ways in which cities can become more inclusive, accessible, and responsive to the needs of their diverse inhabitants.

Weight: 480g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367516482