{"id":1377,"date":"2018-10-10T14:25:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T13:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2018-11-02T10:47:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T09:47:13","slug":"contribution-to-knack-weekend-magazine-on-instagram-and-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/2018\/10\/10\/contribution-to-knack-weekend-magazine-on-instagram-and-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Contribution to Knack Weekend Magazine on Instagram and the city"},"content":{"rendered":"

Belgian magazine\u00a0Knack Weekend<\/a> featured an item (in Dutch) about the ways in which social media like Instagram influence the design of cities. The basic idea is that an increasing number of cities and (cultural) organizations are attempting to create picturfe-pretty ‘Instagrammable’ experiences.<\/p>\n

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WATT-toren, Antwerpen \u00a9 GF [Studio Job<\/a>; image taken from the article on Knack]<\/figcaption><\/figure>I was interviewed by the author,\u00a0Nathalie Le Blanc<\/a>\u00a0who found me through this earlier article<\/a>\u00a0on a similar topic, and I am mentioned in the article:<\/p>\n

Graffiti heette het vroeger, en dook het ergens op, dan haalden stadsbesturen vaak zo snel mogelijk hun hogedrukreiniger boven. Maar streetart lokt bezoekers naar de minder toeristische hoekjes van je stad en dus worden er nu zelfs wandelgidsen uitgegeven. Vreemd is dat niet, vindt Michiel de Lange<\/strong>, docent digitale media en de stad aan de universiteit van Utrecht. ‘Vandaag bepalen niet langer alleen offici\u00eble stadsplanners hoe een stad eruitziet. Culturele voorlopers hebben altijd al de eerste stappen gezet in ‘slechtere’ buurten, maar dankzij digitale platformen gaat dat nu sneller dan ooit. Soms wordt in een buurt met veel leegstaande gebouwen of onbebouwde kavels een zomerse pop-up ingericht met een Instagramvriendelijk wrakhoutbarretje. In de woorden van architect Winnie Maas: lokhipsters tonen hoe gaaf en edgy<\/em> een buurt is, zorgt voor een toeloop. We zoeken nu eenmaal allemaal originele en authentieke ervaringen, en die heb je niet onder de Eiffeltoren. Daar heb je een rafelig randje voor nodig. Instagram helpt daarbij, maar ook dankzij bijvoorbeeld Airbnb komen er plots bezoekers in minder populaire buurten.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the article on Knack here (paywalled) >><\/a><\/p>\n

See a pdf of the item here >><\/a><\/p>\n

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