Urban
Using Websites to Disseminate Research on Urban Spatialities
By , and , The Open UniversityBrunel University (September 2009)
Section: Urban
Subjects: Geography, Urban Geography.
Key Topics: city, research methods, representation.
Abstract
This paper reviews a selection of websites that explore urban geographies. Many sites use the web as a depository for large amounts of research data. However, many are using websites to disseminate research findings, and the paper focuses on these. It suggests that, thus far, there are three significant ways in which urban researchers are exploiting the potentialities of web technologies to interpret urban spaces: by evoking a sense of the complexity of urban spatialities; by inviting site visitors to engage actively and performatively with the research materials; and by emphasising the sensory qualities of urban spaces. The paper discusses how one website in particular invites its visitors to engage with complex, sensory urban spatialities. The paper compares geographers’ use of collage and montage as part of this discussion, and ends by reflecting on current work and commenting on its future development.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00285.x
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