Category Archives: Research

Jam My Jam

Posted on April 4, 2011 by

I think this app has some important resonances with this week’s readings, particularly the with regards to Bull’s notion of privatized and personalized listening vs Beer’s contention, “We can no longer think of listening to music as being an individual … Continue reading →

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Soundwalking and a Music-Route

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

As this weeks readings are on Mobile Soundwalking, I wanted to draw attention to Andra McCartney’s blog about a current research project, Soundwalking Interactions.  There’s good info here, articles, publications, and links to other websites and projects related to soundwalking. Also, … Continue reading →

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Canada Media Fund – Experimental Projects List

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

During the Under the City/Lost Rivers project presentation, we talked a little about the Canada Media Fund – a funding body for primarily for-profit film and television projects, including interactive, mobile and other applications. Here’s the list of just-approved projects … Continue reading →

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Elan, un outil pour anoter vidéos et fichiers sonores

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

La semaine dernière, nous avons parlé de quelques outils d’analyse pour travailler différents corpus de textes. J’ai utilisé pour ma maîtrise un logiciel libre gratuit qui s’appelle Elan et qui est très utile pour analyser un corpus de vidéos ou … Continue reading →

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Social Tapestries/Urban Tapestries – Proboscis

Posted on March 1, 2011 by

This is an interesting set of projects to explore about “public authoring and civil society in the wireless city” or … mobility in urban settings. Proboscis projects are run by Proboscis, an arts-based, non-profit organization in the U.K. You might have … Continue reading →

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Mapping race and ethnicity in the U.S. … and tourism around the world

Posted on February 24, 2011 by

Eric Fischer has been working with maps for some time, it seems. This is a link to his series on mapping race and ethnicity based on the U.S. 2000 Census. This is a link to his series on mapping tourist … Continue reading →

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Appel à article

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

Pour ceux qui désirent publier, voici un appel à article sur les technologies de l’information et de la communication. Les cahiers du Cedimes, numéro 2,  2011. TIC NOMADES ET DEVELOPPEMENT SOCIAL Numéro Cordonné par Alain KIYINDOU et Ali KHARDOUCHE Appel … Continue reading →

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Essay and Exercise: Laura Watts

Posted on February 19, 2011 by

I think this is the Laura Watts essay and exercise Kim mentioned in the last class: Towards a Future Archeology PDF Creative writing exercise It’s a pretty amazing paper – I had to look up “yomping” – what a great … Continue reading →

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MPTrain: A Mobile Music and Physiology Based Personal Trainer

Posted on February 15, 2011 by

I found this project interesting because of its focus on the body of the person using a mobile phone and the interaction between the body and the device.  It involves a relatively rare (so far) kind of data collection (physiological), … Continue reading →

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HaptiMap Project

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

For anyone interested in maps on mobile devices: http://www.haptimap.org/ This project explores possibilities for using touch and sound to communicate spatial information. From the website: “If you are walking or cycling, and don’t want to (or are unable to) spend most … Continue reading →

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