This document discusses digital public spaces and how they are redefining publicness. It defines digital public spaces as hybrid spaces that result from the intertwining of the physical and digital spheres. It examines digital public spaces through technological, social, and cultural approaches. The document also presents a multidimensional framework for understanding publicness in digital public spaces based on Lefebvre's spatial triad and literature on public space.

1. D I G I TA L P U B L I C S PA C E ( S )
R E D E F I N I N G P U B L I C N E S S
L A R A S A L I N A S - L A N C A S T E R U N I V E R S I T Y

3. ( H E M M E N T & T H O M P S O N , 2 0 1 3 : 3 )
“give everyone everywhere unrestricted access to
an open resource of culture and knowledge”
D I G I TA L P U B L I C S PA C E
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4. D I G I TA L P U B L I C S PA C E
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T E C H N O L O G I C A L A P P R O A C H
I N F R A S T R U C T U R E & S E R V I C E S
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S O C I A L & C U LT U R A L A P P R O A C H
P U B L I C S PA C E & E X P E R I E N C E
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5. D I G I TA L P U B L I C S PA C E ( S )

6. digital public space(s) are neither physical nor
digital but the result of a hybridization process
by which both spheres intertwine to constitute
new typologies of space
contemporary prosumption practices
( R I T Z E R & J U R G E N S O N , 2 0 1 0 )
popular culture archives
( B E E R & B U R R O W S , 2 0 1 3 )
locative media & remixological devices
( L E M O S , 2 0 1 0 ; PA R I K K A & C A P L A N , 2 0 1 3 )
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7. T O N Y A G E H , 2 0 1 2
"the internet changes everything it touches,
usually in quite fundamental ways"

8. H O W A R E D P S ( S ) D I F F E R E N T F R O M
O T H E R U R B A N S PA C E S ?
physical
place
local
live
private
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digital
space
global
archive
public

9. P U B L I C N E S S
fluid and dialogical multi-dimensional approach to
publicness based on:
• Lefebvre’s spatial triad (1991)
• literature review (Iveson 2007, Varna & Tisdell 2010,
Németh 2012, Carmona 2010a, 2010b, Kohn 2004,
Siebel & Wehrheim 2006, Németh & Schmidt 2006,
Johnson & Glover 2013)
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10. perceived
conceived
lived
control, access
& behaviour
ownership &
management
social
experience
P U B L I C N E S S
P U B L I C N E S S
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11. P U B L I C N E S S
physical digital
dps(s)
perceived
conceived
lived
control, access
& behaviour
ownership &
management
social
experience
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12. ( F E AT H E R S T O N E 2 0 0 0 )
“If everything can potentially be of significance
shouldn’t part of the archive fever be to record and
document everything, as it could one day be
useful?”

13. F U T U R E E V E RY T H I N G I D E A S A N D I N N O VAT I O N S U M M I T
( M A N C H E S T E R , 2 1 S T – 2 4 T H M A R C H 2 0 1 3 )
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T O D AY S A RT 2 0 1 3
( T H E H A G U E , 2 7 T H – 2 8 T H S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 3 )
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Chattr is a The Creative Exchange project, funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council, by Ben Dalton, Joely Barley, Drew
Hemment, Joel Porter, Lara Salinas, Hwa Young Jung and Mel Woods; based on conversations with Kyle McDonald.

14. F U T U R E E V E RY T H I N G 2 0 1 3

15. F U T U R E E V E RY T H I N G 2 0 1 3

16. F U T U R E E V E RY T H I N G 2 0 1 3

17. T O D AY S A RT 2 0 1 3

18. T O D AY S A RT 2 0 1 3

19. T O D AY S A RT 2 0 1 3

20. T O D AY S A RT 2 0 1 3

21. T O D AY S A RT 2 0 1 3

22. F U T U R E E V E RY T H I N G
( M A N C H E S T E R )
2 8 C O N V E R S A T I O N S
T O D A Y S A R T
( T H E H A G U E )
8 0 C O N V E R S A T I O N S

23. C H AT T R
T H E M E S
• General
• System
• Ethics
• Spectacle & appropriation
• Subversion
• Censorship
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H T T P S : / / S T O R I F Y. C O M / L A R A C S A L I N A S / C H AT T R
M E T H O D S
research in temporary spaces
(Maxwell, Woods, & Prior, 2013)
rapid ethnography (Millen, 2000)
digital ethnography (Murthy,
2008)
participant observation
semi structured interviews
questionnaires

24. perceived
conceived
lived
control, access
& behaviour
ownership &
management
social
experience
P U B L I C N E S D P S ( S )
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physical
digital

25. – S H E L L E R & U R RY, 2 0 0 3
"both and neither, public and private"
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26. perceived
conceived
lived
control, access
& behaviour
ownership &
management
social
experience
physical
digital
P U B L I C N E S D P S ( S )
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27. – C H AT T R , 2 0 1 3
“I DONT DO TWITTER EITHER.”
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