YOURBAN
PROJECT LEADER:
Andrew Morrison
FUNDER/DURATION:
NORWEGIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL,
VERDIKT PROGRAMME. 01.09.2010–01.12.2014
ACTIVE RESEARCHERS:
Andrew Morrison, Jørn Knutsen, Einar Sneve Martinussen, Ragnhild Tronstad,
Mosse Sjaastad, Adrian Paulsen, Peter Hemmersan, Jonny Aspen, Nicole Martin,
Ole Smørdal (EngageLab, UiO), Gunnar Liestøl (Dept of Media and Communication,
UiO), Synne Skjulstad (Westerdals)
DESIGN TEAM: Even Westvang (Bengler), Idunn Sem (EngageLab, UiO),
Martin Havnør, Håkan Brynhi (Faster Imaging)
YOUrban is a research project about social media, design, performativity and
the city. It investigates tools and means to creating engagement and a sense of
ownership and responsibility towards our physical, social and cultural world.
OUTCOMES/ WEBSITES:
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Making the ‘Immaterials’
film, with WIFI visualised
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Two connected screens at
two bus stops enabling a low-
key playful intervention within
an every day context. ‘Con-
nected bus stops’ By Master’s
students Magnus Trevisan
Kjeldsen & Rudolf Stefanich,
course Beyond the Screen,
tutor Mosse Sjastaad
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PLANAR app, showing over-
lays of urban planning via
LAYAR, by Even Westvang
