Continuous City: Transcultural Virtual Urban Aesthetics

Abstract

The city as a tool for social and political order, since 2013, has been in motion in Brazil. A new middle class expresses mixed sounds, dissonant voices, and street manifestations that can reveal cultural changes never before experienced in this Latin American country. In this context, how are virtual media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and WhatsApp used as research instruments in architecture and urbanism?

Presenters

Dinah Tereza Papi de Guimaraens
Associate Professor, Architecture, University Federal Fluminense-UFF, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Media Cultures

KEYWORDS

BRAZILIAN CITIES; VIRTUAL MEDIA; STREET MANIFESTATIONS