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researching mobile media & urban culture at Utrecht University

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Michiel de Lange (1976) is an Assistant Professor in New Media Studies at Utrecht University, researching mobile media and urban culture and identity. He is the co-founder of The Mobile City, an independent research group founded in 2007 that investigates the influence of digital media technologies on urban life and the implications for urban design and policy. Michiel is trained as a cultural anthropologist, and holds a PhD in philosophy (2010) with a dissertation about mobile media technologies and urban identities. He collaborated in a locative media art & science project (www.nomadicmilk.net). He worked for  Kennisland, a Dutch think-tank that aims to strengthen the knowledge-based society. Here he worked on several projects at the intersection of ICTs and the city, e.g. co-organizing the Creative Capital conference. He also volunteered and worked for Cybersoek, a computer neighborhood center in Amsterdam. He is advisor e-culture at Mediafonds. Michiel is on Twitter and LinkedIn.
>> News items << Posted onMarch 22, 2023

Wired: “The Out-of-Control Spread of Crowd-Control Tech”

Wired last month had an article that critically examines the use of what is euphemistically labeled ‘crowd control tech’ but in fact is an ongoing […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onMarch 22, 2023March 22, 2023

Public camera surveillance is biased (confirmed by empirical study)

The Conversation reports on a recent study about CCTV and bias in crime investigations, under the header “The camera never lies? Our research found CCTV […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onMarch 22, 2023

Dutch national urban sensor registry has to build public trust

According to a recent press release by the national government, a sensor registry is being worked on. Too bad they the actual register itself cannot […] Read More

writings Posted onMarch 16, 2023

Publication: “Materials and modes of translation: Re-imagining inclusive “zero”-waste futures”

While I’m at it, this publication came out in 2022. It is co-authored with several colleagues, but to be honest, Tamalone & Corelia did by […] Read More

featured, writings Posted onMarch 16, 2023March 16, 2023

New chapter out in edited volume “Situating Data Inquiries in Algorithmic Culture”

My colleagues Karin van Es and Nanna Verhoeff edited this great collection of essays on datafication and algorithmization. With my colleagues in the Designing for […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onMarch 16, 2023March 16, 2023

Neurotechnology as urban interfaces

Undark has an intriguing opinion article about the current trend of tech companies interested in neuroscience. Neuroscience research has produced various technologies capable of measuring […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onFebruary 6, 2023February 6, 2023

Report (part 3) of workshop “Data Commons for smart cities”

This is the third part of a 3-part report of a workshop held on 6 October 2022 about the data commons and the smart city, […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onFebruary 6, 2023February 6, 2023

Report (part 2) of workshop “Data Commons for smart cities”

This is the second part of a 3-part report of a workshop held on 6 October 2022 about the data commons and the smart city, […] Read More

featured, meetings/events Posted onFebruary 6, 2023March 16, 2023

Report (part 1) of workshop “Data Commons for smart cities”

This is the first part of a 3-part report of a workshop held on 6 October 2022 about the data commons and the smart city, […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onFebruary 4, 2023February 6, 2023

AI based facial recognition software in public space creates inequality

A black man was wrongfully jailed for a week after a face recognition error, Ars Technica writes. With an increasing number of cities and law […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onDecember 17, 2022

Digital nomads disrupting local life

Wired has a long-read on how a digital nomad initiative has wrecked havoc in the island of Madeira, Portugal. Rising housing prices, in some places […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onDecember 15, 2022

How tracking devices aggravate gender violence

Vice reports on one of many cases in which a vindictive ex (almost always male) uses Apple’s AirTags or similar tech to keep stalking and […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onDecember 15, 2022December 15, 2022

Troubles in Airbnb paradise

In Australia’s Byron Bay, various authorities are fighting among themselves about putting a cap on short term renting, The Guardian reports. On December 14, The […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onNovember 30, 2022November 30, 2022

How small Greek islands become living labs for smart urban tech

Vice reports on the way big corporations forge deals with the Greek government to experiment with new tech. Volkswagen is testing and making claims about […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onOctober 24, 2022

The Atlantic on “The Rise of ‘Luxury Surveillance’”

The Atlantic writes about ambient intelligence and smart home products as ‘Luxury Surveillance’: “This intense devotion to tracking and quantifying all aspects of our waking […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onOctober 22, 2022

Face-scanning ad billboards turn public spaces into spaces of commerce and control

Vice writes about how public advertisement billboards in the UK turn up the dial a notch or two towards a pervasive Deleuzian society of control […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onOctober 4, 2022

US defense contractor tech backs NY smart transportation system

The Intercept reports about Cubic Corporation, a private company that is in part a military contractor for the U.S. and foreign military. The report unravels […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onSeptember 19, 2022

Why are rich tech entrepreneurs obsessed with painting US cities as “Dystopian Hellholes”?

Vice argues that “Right-wing pundits, landlords, and tech executives all believe they can prove we are amid a crime wave with just one more video.” […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onSeptember 18, 2022

Detroit may spend Covid relief funds on ineffective and discriminatory public safety smart tech

The Intercept reports that the city of Detroit is on the brink of deciding whether to divert some $7 million of federal money on ShotSpotter, […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onSeptember 18, 2022

New Google Maps interface promoting electric vehicle mobility

Another case of promoting certain types of mobility through tech: Arts Technica writes that an update to the Google Maps interface now allows for choosing […] Read More

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