A Synchronicity: Design Fictions for Asynchronous Urban Computing
<p>In the last five years, the urban computing field has featured an impressive emphasis on the so-called “real-time, database-enabled city” with its synchronized Internet of Things. Julian Bleecker and Nicholas Nova argue to invert this common perspective and speculate on the existence of an “asynchronous city”. Through a discussion of objects that blog, they forecast situated technologies based on weak signals that show the importance of time on human practices. They imagine the emergence of truly social technologies that through thoughtful provocation can invert and disrupt common perspectives.</p>
Authors: Julian Bleecker, Nicolas Nova
Editors: Trebor Scholz, Omar Khan, Mark Shepard
Designer: Jena Sher
The Architectural League of New York
Part of: Situated Technologies
ISBN: 978-0-9800994-4-7