Omnitopia – in search for the ubiquitous city Sommersemester 2012 Prof. Dr. Frank Eckardt Belvederer Allee 4 Frank. Eckardt@uni-weimar. de
General subject • Convergence of terminals between the built environment and the media technologies • Looking at the communication in these new spaces • Historical analysis of the development of the logic of performance, placelessness, and reverence.
Enclave • • Rise of the Consumer Enclave: Arcades and Department Stores World's Fairs as Enclaves of Civilization Democracity Futurama
Construction • From Train to Auto • Greyhound Bus Terminals • The "Only by Highway" Campaign
Framework • • • Play Time and The Terminal Dislocation Conflation Fragmentation Mobility Mutability
Hotels • Motels • Holiday Inn • Convention Hotels
Malls • The First Mall • The (Once) Biggest Mall • The Post-Mall
Performance • Las Vegas as the Capital of Omnitopia • Post-Tourists in Las Vegas • Leaving Las Vegas
Convergence • Object Analysis • Analysis of i. Pod Advertisements • i. Pod Etiquette
Reverence • • Enduring Locales Temporary Locales Fleeting Locales Ruins
Course requirements • Active presence • Oral presentation for a „testat“ • Oral presentation and paper (guidelines on my homepage) for a market credit (Prüfung) • Dead-line: paper 1 -sept-2012 (send in to my e-mail address)
Oral presentation 1. Paraphrase of the concerned chapter 2. Illustration by examples (own research) 3. Discussion with the seminar (preparing 3 questions)
Seminar schedule Datum Thema 16. 4. Introduction 30. 4. Enclave
Seminar schedule Datum Thema 7. 5. Construction 14. 5 Framework 21. 5 Hotels
Seminar schedule Datum Thema 4. 6. Malls 11. 6. Performance 18. 6 Convergence
Seminar schedule Datum Thema 25. 6. Reverence 2. 7. Final Discussion
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