[wsfii-discuss] FW: Questionnaire "Urban Media" - please take a second to answer

Tue Apr 12 11:19:17 UTC 2005

Here is an email from Miriam. She is very much into the borderline between art
and media/IT. May be we should ask here for some input on WSFII 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juergen Neumann [mailto:j.neumann at xorxe.net] On Behalf 
> Of Mirjam Struppek
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:10 PM
> To: Mirjam Struppek
> Subject: Questionnaire "Urban Media" - please take a second to answer
> 
> Dear friends and colleagues!
> What connotations arise the term "Urban Media" for you?
> 
> A search in Googel for the term "Urban Media" reveals a clear 
> tendency?
> The first 10 links are described for example as the 
> following: (see below)
> 
> "Sarai" and "photographs of Melbourne graffiti" seem to be 
> really mavericks.
> Where is the "urban", that receives a connection with the 
> media in these companies decorating themselves with this 
> term? Does "media" in connection with "urban" have to be 
> associated especially with webdesign or outdoor 
> advertisement? This inspired me to do this little 
> questionnaire which I would like to publish on my website 
> quasi as counteroffensive. A first attempt to broaden the 
> prevalent image of "urban media" with my aim to step by step 
> achieve a redefinition.
> 
> Therefore: What do you associate with the term "Urban Media"?
> 
> Please simply reply to this e-mail with a short statement of 
> yours about
> "Urban Media".   
> 
> Thank you for your effort.
> 
> With kind wishes,
> Mirjam
> 
> 
> 
> Googlesearch "Urban Media":
> __________________________________
> 
> 
> 1. Company focused on African American and urban-themed entertainment.
> Includes films, discussions, links and contacts.
> 
> 2. Offers web design, marketing and promotion, hosting, 
> database design,
> technical support and related services.
> 
> 3. Sarai The New Media Initiative Delhi India. ... A space 
> for research,
> practice and conversation about the contemporary media and urban
> constellations.
> 
> 4. Atlanta Urban Mediamakers Association focusing on animation, film,
> television and video.
> 
> 5. ... Copyright © 2005 CitySites Urban Media. All rights 
> reserved. Site
> design by iconduet. :: Home :: About Us :: Endorsements :: 
> Broadcasts ::
> Partners
> 
> 6. Urban Media, 164 West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe, HP12 3AE, United
> Kingdom, ... Urban Media are the exclusive web designers for
> www.uk-trucking.net, ...
> 
> 7. Urban Media manages monumental advertising. We rent 
> locations and manage
> everything from the permits to the production of the giant 
> billboards..
> 
> 8. Pressemeldungen. Fotoservice. Österreichischer Plakatpreis 
> 2004. Archiv.
> Großer Österreichischer Plakatpreis in Platin McDonald's - Baby ...
> 
> 9. Presents photographs of Melbourne graffiti from the early 
> 80's to the
> present day.,...
> 
> 10. Welcome urbanmediadesign offers web consulting, design 
> and development
> for small businesses, entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations. ...
> 
> 
> ___________________________
> Mirjam Struppek
> Urban||ReseARTch
> http://www.interactionfield.de
> 
> Urban Space, Public Sphere and the New Media
> 
> Rheinsberger Str. 68
> D-10115 Berlin
> Mobile: +49 (0) 179 5873337
> Phone: +49 (0)30  26325102
> Skype: struppek
> 
> 
> 
> 

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