02908cam a2200265 i 4500 14175 14175 OSt 20260228121404.0 m |o d | 210722s2021 enk ob 001 0 eng 9781350283510 (paperback) pcc 307.760285 23 Degen, Monica Montserrat, author. The new urban aesthetic : digital experiences of urban change / Mónica Montserrat Degen and Gillian Rose. 1 online resource. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introducing the new urban aesthetic -- The new urban aesthetic : a conceptual framework -- The conceived aesthetics of urban redevelopment : the case of Msheireb Downtown, Qatar -- The perceived aesthetics of digital urbanism : feeling digital embodiment in smart Milton Keynes -- The lived aesthetic of urban social media : anticipating the Culture Mile's Future -- The new urban aesthic and its power -- Conclusion : the differentiation and potentialities of the new urban aesthetic. "Cities are key sites for the reproduction of global capitalism, and urban branding is central to this transformative dynamic. In the 21st century, cities are also being profoundly reconfigured by the deployment of many kinds of digital technologies. Both of these shifts entrain sensory bodily experiences. This digitally mediated reconfiguration of what cities feel like is what this book terms the new urban aesthetic. The book focuses on three examples of urban change in which digital technologies of different kinds were central: a large scale urban redevelopment in Doha, the retrofitting of Milton Keynes to become a smart city, and the cultural regeneration of Smithfield Market into the Culture Mile in London. Each case study focusses on a different kind of digital mediation, including the computer-generated images created to sell new urban developments, smart city phone apps, and Instagram posts about particular urban places. The book identifies three versions of the new urban aesthetic: glamorous, flowing, and dramatic. It shows how each of these organize sensory experiences through particular distributions of temporality and spatiality. As well as exploring the importance of sensory constellations in our digitally mediated cities, the book also offers ways to investigate their fragility and potential for subversion. The New Urban Aesthetic is essential reading for researchers and students in urban studies, architecture, digital studies, sociology, and human geography"-- Smart cities. Technology Social aspects. City and town life. Rose, Gillian, 1962- author. Print version: Degen, Monica Montserrat. New urban aesthetic London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021 9781350070837 (DLC) 2021036129 ddc 0 0 ddc 0 307_760285000000000 0 BMSCA BMSCA GEN 2025-12-03 0 307.760285 AR-UG5039 2026-02-10 00:00:00 2026-02-10 BPLAN Rack No : S-32