City in the cloud - data on the ground : the architecture of data / editors, Cara Hähl-Pfeifer, Damjan Kokalevski, and Andres Lepik ; translation into English (text by Niklas Maak), Anna Bröderdörp.

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Publication:

Berlin, Germany : ArchiTangle GmbH ; Munich, Germany : Architekturmuseum der TUM in der Pinakothek der Moderne, [2025]
©2025

Description:

207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 31 cm

Notes:
On the occasion of an exhibition held at the Architekturmuseum der TUM, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, October 16, 2025 - March 8, 2026.
Translated from the German.
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"This book investigates the hidden physical infrastructures behind the digital world. Data may appear immaterial, but it relies on extensive global networks: the extraction of raw materials, the deployment of thousands of undersea cables, and an exponentially growing number of energy-intensive data centers. While these data infrastructures shape global economies and politics, they truly do far more by profoundly impacting local communities, ecosystems, and labor conditions--realms so often rooted in (neo)colonial structures of exploitation. The contributions in this volume call for greater transparency, critical awareness, and care toward the material foundations of the data economy--as essential conditions for more equitable and accountable digital futures. Bringing together voices from architecture, media studies, technology, art, and political theory, City in the Cloud - Data on the Ground explores the elemental, spatial, and temporal dimensions of the architecture of data. The volume maps the ecological, social, and political costs of living in a hyper-connected digital world and opens up perspectives for rethinking digital infrastructures in the context of planetary resources, justice, and long-term responsibility. With contributions by James Bridle, Giulia Bruno, Teresa Fankhänel, Cara Hähl-Pfeifer, Max Hallinan, Mél Hogan, Catherine Hyland, Damjan Kokalevski, Andres Lepik, Niklas Maak, Marija Marić, Anna-Maria Meister, Marina Otero Verzier, Trevor Paglen, Godofredo Enes Pereira, Andra Pop-Jurj, Alison Powell, Mära Starka, and Rafael Uriarte" --backcover.

ISBN:

9783966800389 English edition hardcover
3966800381 English edition hardcover

Subject:

Cloud computing Environmental aspects Exhibitions.
Cloud computing Social aspects Exhibitions.
Data centers Environmental aspects Exhibitions.
Data centers Social aspects Exhibitions.
Cables, Submarine Social aspects Exhibitions.
Cables, Submarine Social aspects.
Centres de traitement de l'information Aspect de l'environnement.
Centres de traitement de l'information Aspect social.
Câbles sous-marins Aspect social.
Centres de traitement de l'information Aspect de l'environnement Expositions.
Centres de traitement de l'information Aspect social Expositions.
Câbles sous-marins Aspect social Expositions.

Added entries:

Hähl-Pfeifer, Cara, editor.
Kokalevski, Damjan, editor.
Lepik, Andres, editor.
Maak, Niklas, contributor.
Bröderdörp, Anna, translator.
Technische Universität München. Architekturmuseum, host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room new acquisitions 325722
Call No.: 325722
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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