City in the Cloud – Data on the Ground
The Architecture of Data (English-language)
Edited by Damjan Kokalevski Edited by Andres Lepik Edited by Cara Hähl-Pfeifer Contributions by James Bridle Contributions by Giulia Bruno Contributions by Teresa Fankhänel Contributions by Max Hallinan Contributions by Mél Hogan Contributions by Catherine Hyland Contributions by Niklas Maak Contributions by Marija Marić Contributions by Anna-Maria Meister Contributions by Marina Otero Verzier Contributions by Godofredo Enes Pereira Contributions by Andra Pop-Jurj Contributions by Alison Powell Contributions by Rafael Uriarte Contributions by Trevor Paglen Contributions by Māra Starka
Hardback (Published)
(October 2025)
ISBN: 9783966800389
9.06 x 11.81 inches
Price: $72.00
In stock
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 costs of the data economy-ecological, social, and political-and opens up perspectives for rethinking digital infrastructures in the context of planetary resources, justice, and long-term responsibility.
- Edited by Damjan Kokalevski
- Edited by Andres Lepik
- Edited by Cara Hähl-Pfeifer
- Contributions by James Bridle
- Contributions by Giulia Bruno
- Contributions by Teresa Fankhänel
- Contributions by Max Hallinan
- Contributions by Mél Hogan
- Contributions by Catherine Hyland
- Contributions by Niklas Maak
- Contributions by Marija Marić
- Contributions by Anna-Maria Meister
- Contributions by Marina Otero Verzier
- Contributions by Godofredo Enes Pereira
- Contributions by Andra Pop-Jurj
- Contributions by Alison Powell
- Contributions by Rafael Uriarte
- Contributions by Trevor Paglen
- Contributions by Māra Starka
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