The Role of Art in Challenging Digital Urbanism
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An interactive research-creation piece tracing Situationist ideas about urbanism, psychogeography, and walking into a critique of the digital mapping platforms we navigate cities with today.
Defrancisco, E. G., Lester, B., Millar, J. (2026). "The Role of Art in Challenging Digital Urbanism." [Interactive Research-Creation Piece]. CRAiEDL. https://www.craiedl.ca/art-challenging-digital-urbanism.
Click through to explore an interactive diagram tracing Situationist International's ideas about urbanism and psychogeography — from Guy Debord's The Naked City and Constant's New Babylon, through a critique of digital mapping platforms, to an original walking experiment mapping how ambient sound shapes the routes we choose through a city.