Music, Data and the City: Towards Smart Music Cities

Ellen Euler, Katja Hermes, Michela Magas, Markus Schwarzer Urban
planers, city council, technologists and businesses have been
discussing the emergent smart city for several years. Cities are to
be transformed through networked technologies and the power of big
data in order to make them more efficient, more ecological and more
socially inclusive with the premise of more citizen engagement and
participation. Glasgow, Adelaide, Sevilla or Mannheim are music
cities according to UNESCO. Nashville, Melbourne and Berlin are
also cities of music, without carrying an official title. However,
their objectives are very similar: How can the strategic
development of a city support the creation of economic, ecologic
and social value with regard to the music industry, the creative
industries, their spaces and places, infrastructures, businesses
and scenes and thus make the city more livable. What are the perils
in merging these two concepts? What is a smart music city? How
could public transport immediately react to the needs of audiences?
What could urban planers and citizens learn if they knew what music
people stream in different neighborhoods? How could an urban
guidance system work not only visually but also sonically? In this
panel, experts from urban development and urban planning will
discuss with experts from the cultural and creative industries and
technology developers. Together, they are hoping to identify
central aspects of smart music cities, discuss possible fields of
application and ponder how implementation processes might look
like. Mit Unterstützung der Gesellschaft für Musikwirtschafts- und
Musikkulturforschung e.V.