As a prologue to the Futures of Entertainment conference, this Forum will focus on the emergence of powerful new production cultures in such cities as Mumbai, Shanghai, and Rio de Janeiro.
Cities and the Future of Entertainment
What is the likely impact on audiences and on the international media landscape of such cities as Mumbai, Shanghai, and Rio de Janeiro?
In Newsweek, Junot Díaz reflects on Tokyo
“Cities produce love and yet feel none. A strange thing when you think about it, but perhaps fitting.”
Video: Max Ogden, from Cities, Code, and Civics: “Enhanced serendipity”
Max Ogden of Code for America discusses taking “treasure troves” of government datasets to bring citizens and friends together.
Video: Nick Grossman, from Cities, Code, and Civics, “Customizing tools from city to city?”
Nick Grossman of OpenPlans on how civic tools do (or need to) vary from city to city.
Video: Civic Media Session, “Bustling with Information: Cities, Code, and Civics”
How can information systems rewrite civics, governance, and communication, to solve old problems and create new opportunities in our communities?
Amsterdam and New York: Transnational Photographic Exchange in the Era of Globalization
Christoph Lindner is Professor of Literature and Director of the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
