03075cam a2200277 i 4500999001700000003000400017005001700021006001900038008004100057020003100098042000800129082001900137100003900156245011400195300002300309504005100332505049000383520150300873650001802376650003202394650002402426700003502450776015002485942000802635952015402643  c14175d14175OSt20260228121404.0m    |o  d |      210722s2021    enk     ob    001 0 eng    z9781350283510q(paperback)  apcc00a307.7602852231 aDegen, Monica Montserrat,eauthor.14aThe new urban aesthetic :bdigital experiences of urban change /cMónica Montserrat Degen and Gillian Rose.  a1 online resource.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroducing 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.  a"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"-- 0aSmart cities. 0aTechnologyxSocial aspects. 0aCity and town life.1 aRose, Gillian,d1962-eauthor.08iPrint version:aDegen, Monica Montserrat.tNew urban aestheticdLondon ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021z9781350070837w(DLC) 2021036129  2ddc  00102ddc406307_76028500000000070aBMSCAbBMSCAcGENd2025-12-03l0o307.760285pAR-UG5039r2026-02-10 00:00:00w2026-02-10yBPLANzRack No : S-32