{"product_id":"the-new-urban-aesthetic-m-nica-montserrat-degen-9781350283510","title":"The New Urban Aesthetic: Digital Experiences of Urban Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Book Award 2023\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCities 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 \u003ci\u003ethe new urban aesthetic\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Urban Aesthetic \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for researchers and students in urban studies, architecture, digital studies, sociology, and human geography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mica Montserrat Degen, Gillian Rose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350283517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350283510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Mica Montserrat Degen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079791243519,"sku":"9781350283510","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f818042e-885e-4d19-b75e-3bdfc811a3cf.jpg?v=1685483162","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-new-urban-aesthetic-m-nica-montserrat-degen-9781350283510","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}