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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 onJuly 4, 2022

Gorillas in the mist: heavy weather ahead for ‘instant delivery platforms’

Wired writes: Quick-delivery empires are crumbling across Europe as investors put an emphasis on profits. It appears that demand for these platforms and services is […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onJuly 3, 2022

Peddling the promise of algorithmic urban crime prediction…

Nice for contrast, this Bloomberg headline “New Algorithm Can Predict Crime in US Cities a Week Before It Happens” for a news article that actually […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onJuly 3, 2022

Another one from MIT tech review: “Toronto wants to kill the smart city forever”

Die smart city, die! >> Had it succeeded, Quayside could have been a proof of concept, establishing a new development model for cities everywhere. It […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onJune 27, 2022June 27, 2022

MIT technology review: “we need smarter cities, not smart cities”

www.technologyreview.com/2022/06/27/1053896/we-need-smarter-cities/ Well put: A focus on building “smart cities” risks turning cities into technology projects. We talk about “users” rather than people. Monthly and “daily […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onJune 26, 2022June 26, 2022

Tracking mobile phone data as anti-abortion instruments

Mother Jones reports: Meet Abortion Bans’ New Best Friend—Your Phone When it comes to reproductive rights, your digital trail matters more than you think. […] […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onJune 24, 2022June 29, 2022

How front door cameras are jeopardizing the right to not be tracked

The Intercept writes: SEN. ED MARKEY CALLS ON RING TO MAKE ITSELF LESS COP-FRIENDLY In a new letter to Amazon, Markey pushed the company to […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onJune 24, 2022

Amsterdam high in Economist smart city ranking

The Economist has published an updated smart city ranking, putting Amsterdam in 2nd place. https://impact.economist.com/projects/digital-cities/ Digital Cities Index 2022 The Digital Cities Index (DCI) 2022, […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onJune 24, 2022June 24, 2022

Facebook’s discriminatory housing ads: Platform urbanism and social exclusion

Vice reports that Facebook’s discriminatory housing ads are (finally) under attack. A $100.000 fine does not sound like a whole lot though… https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgpx4b/after-years-of-perpetuating-housing-discrimination-facebook-gets-dollar115055-fine After Years […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onJune 21, 2022June 21, 2022

Nesta report on reclaiming urban public space

Here’s a recent report by UK (social) innovation org Nesta on how cities can responsibly deploy and govern digital sensors in urban spaces. Where [..] […] Read More

>> News items << Posted onJune 11, 2022June 21, 2022

Platform urbanism and social exclusion: Nextdoor and social sorting

Interesting article in the light of digital platforms, social exclusion, and the right to the city. https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxnea4/los-angeles-nextdoor-election-homelessness The Nextdoor Election Los Angeles’s election was a […] Read More

announcements, featured Posted onApril 1, 2022June 27, 2022

Chapter in new publication on “Controversing the smart city”

Corelia Baibarac-Duignan and I wrote a chapter for this great looking book called “Speculative Design Methods for Citizen Engagement in Smart Cities Research”, edited by […] Read More

announcements, meetings/events Posted onApril 1, 2022

[urban interfaces] seminar 2021-2022: “The Magic City”

With my colleagues from the Utrecht University-based research group [urban interfaces], we’re organizing the 5th edition of our yearly graduate seminar series. This time the […] Read More

announcements, meetings/events Posted onNovember 9, 2021

Interview with Nanna Verhoeff and me about MAB20

A bit late to post here, but it’s such a nice interview that I wanted to archive it anyway… Femke Niehof – science communications writer […] Read More

featured, writings Posted onNovember 3, 2021November 11, 2021

New publication “Controversing the datafied smart city”

Corelia Baibarac-Duignan and I wrote an Open Access article for Big Data & Society, on what we call ‘controversing’ . It was written as part […] Read More

meetings/events, writings Posted onNovember 3, 2021

Media Architecture Biennale 2020 final report available

The research group [urban interfaces] I am part of was one of the organizing partners of the Media Architecture Biennale 2020, which took place 28 June […] Read More

writings Posted onJune 3, 2021November 3, 2021

Editorial in special issue of Volume Magazine for MAB20

With my fellow co-organizers of MAB20, I wrote an editorial article for Volume Magazine #59 – special issue “Futures Implied”. In this article, we depart […] Read More

announcements, meetings/events Posted onMay 21, 2021November 3, 2021

Presentation at the Data Justice Conference 2021

Corelia Baibarac-Duignan presented online at the Data Justice Conference 2021 on behalf of both of us. We submitted an abstract long time ago (mid Dec. […] Read More

announcements, featured, writings Posted onApril 30, 2020November 11, 2021

New paper “Data with its boots on the ground: Datawalking as research method”

Together with my colleague Karin van Es, I wrote a paper about datawalking as a method for doing research on the datafication of urban life. […] Read More

writings Posted onApril 14, 2020November 11, 2021

New contribution in “The Routledge Companion to Smart Cities”

Colleagues Katharine Willis and Alessandro Aurigi have just published the edited volume “The Routledge Companion to Smart Cities“. In this compendium, Martijn de Waal, Matthijs […] Read More

announcements Posted onFebruary 28, 2020February 28, 2020

Chairing two new special interest groups

In the last few months, two Utrecht University special interest groups were awarded, of which I am the lead: Special interest group “Inclusion in the […] Read More

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