Signaling Smartness: Smart Cities and Digital Art in Public Spaces

Q3 Social Sciences

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2020-03-01 DOI:10.1633/JISTAP.2019.8.1.2

Karolina Littwin, Wolfgang G. Stock

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Informational urbanism is a new research area in information science. In this study, art history joins informational urbanism: Are digital artworks in public urban spaces recognized as essential assets of a smart city? We employed case study research, working with the example of the huge digital media façade of the Arthouse Graz as an artwork in a public space. In a mixed-methods approach, we asked passers-by and interviewed experts on Graz as a smart city and on the Arthouse’s role concerning the image of Graz as a smart city. The research found strong hints that indeed digital artworks with large screens or media façades at public spaces are parts of a city’s weak location factors as well as of the city’s urban structure and may symbolize the city’s smartness. A practical implication of this finding is that artists, computer and information scientists, city planners, and architects should include interactive contemporary digital art into city spaces in order to demonstrate the city’s way towards knowledge society

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智慧的信号:公共空间中的智慧城市和数字艺术

信息城市主义是信息科学研究的一个新领域。在这项研究中，艺术史加入了信息城市主义:公共城市空间中的数字艺术品是否被认为是智慧城市的重要资产?我们采用了案例研究的方法，以格拉茨艺术博物馆的大型数字媒体幕墙为例，将其作为公共空间的艺术品。采用混合方法，我们询问了路人并采访了格拉茨作为智慧城市的专家，以及艺术之家在格拉茨作为智慧城市形象中的作用。研究发现，有强烈迹象表明，公共场所的大屏幕或媒体挡板的数字艺术品确实是城市弱势区位因素的一部分，也是城市结构的一部分，可能象征着城市的智慧。这一发现的一个实际意义是，艺术家、计算机和信息科学家、城市规划者和建筑师应该将交互式当代数字艺术纳入城市空间，以展示城市走向知识社会的方式

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Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Social Sciences-Library and Information Sciences

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1.10

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0.00%

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审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice (JISTaP) is an international journal that aims at publishing original studies, review papers and brief communications on information science theory and practice. The journal provides an international forum for practical as well as theoretical research in the interdisciplinary areas of information science, such as information processing and management, knowledge organization, scholarly communication and bibliometrics. To foster scholarly communication among researchers and practitioners of library and information science around the globe, JISTaP offers a no-fee open access publishing venue where a team of dedicated editors, reviewers and staff members volunteer their services to ensure rapid dissemination and communication of scholarly works that make significant contributions. In a modern society, where information production and consumption grow at an astronomical rate, the science of information management, organization, and analysis is invaluable in effective utilization of information. The key objective of the journal is to foster research that can contribute to advancements and innovations in the theory and practice of information and library science so as to promote timely application of the findings from scientific investigations to everyday life. Recognizing the importance of the global perspective with understanding of region-specific issues, JISTaP encourages submissions of manuscripts that discuss global implications of regional findings as well as regional implications of global findings.