Message posted on 11/05/2018

Prototyping the Idiotic City / Conference

                *Prototyping the Idiotic City*
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<br>*Goldsmiths –– RHB 137*
<br>*Tues 5 June 2018 @ 9:30AM –> 4:30PM*
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<br>*Participants*
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<br>*Alison Powell*, London School of Economics
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<br>*Gyorgyi Galik*, Royal College of Art, London/Umbrellium
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<br>*Jennifer Gabrys*, University of Goldsmiths
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<br>*Mike Michael*, University of Exeter
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<br>*Noortje Marres*, CIM, University of Warwik
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<br>*Ola Söderström*, University of Neuchâtel
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<br>*Uriel Fogué*, ESAYA, UEM
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<br>CISP  & Fondecyt N°1180062
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<br>*Abstract *
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<br>In recent years, the notion of smartness has gained pervasive prominence in
<br>various spheres of social life and the ways that cities can be known,
<br>planned and governed. Data collection is now enabled through embedded
<br>sensors and devices in urban space, particularly in the development of the
<br>Internet of Things. Autonomous mobility and other smart city initiatives
<br>make cities appear to be manageable and controllable in (near) real-time
<br>through smart analytics and dashboards. In developing these innovations,
<br>new modes of laboratorization and experimentation are deployed in order to
<br>test technological ‘solutions’. Against the grain of a sterile
<br>technotopia
<br>proposed by the smart city, we want to problematize the various kinds of
<br>smartness that are programmed and inscribed into this debate, as well as
<br>question the newness of it. What, in other words, are the failures and
<br>breakdowns that slow down and counteract the supposed smoothness of the
<br>smart city? Through a one-day workshop we invite researchers to creatively
<br>incorporate the “murmur of the idiot” (Stengers, 2005) into situations in
<br>which new relationships with our ‘smart’ surroundings can be built.
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<br>the event, each presenter discusses an idiotic object or situation. Each
<br>speaker, together with the audience, will then try to further the idiocy of
<br>other speakers cases.
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<br>For more information see the attached.
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<br>*Organising committee*
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<br>-               Michael Guggenheim (Goldsmiths, University of London)
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<br>-               Martin Tironi (School of Design, Pontificia
<br>Universidad Católica de Chile)
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<br>-               Liam Healy (Goldsmiths, University of London)
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<br>-               Fabian Namberger (Goldsmiths, University of London)
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<br>Event is free, please register here: https://idiotic-cities.eventbrite.co.uk
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<br>Martin Tironi, PhD
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<br>Visiting Fellow (2018)
<br>Centre of Invention and Social Process 
<br>Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London
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<br>Assistant Professor
<br>Escuela de Diseño 
<br>Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
<br>TheSmartCitizenProject.cl 
<br>cosmopolitical-design-project
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