2021-03-08
‘Datasnak’: Data-antropologer laver politisk københavnerkort (in Danish)
A podcast on data-issues including a 45-minute interview with Anders Koed Madsen. In this interview the results of the project are used to open more general discussions about the role of computational humanities in urban planning. The interview starts 10 minutes into the podcast.
2021-03-05
‘Science Report’: Humanister skal omfavne Big Data (in Danish)
An interview with Anders Koed Madsen in an independent new outlet communicating trends in Danish research. The article reports findings of the project and dives into the ethical and methodological challenges that arises when working with exhaust data and digital methods.
2020-11-04
‘GEHL Blog’: A New Datascape (in English)
In this 3 minute video Jeff Risom and Anders Koed Madsen discuss our experiment in mapping political diversity from patterns in the way 300.000 anonymous Facebook users interact with urban events and political content. Rather than aggregating voting patterns on neighborhoods, we have tried to make a granular map of the political composition of urban events.
2020-09-17
‘Politiken Byrummonitor’: Det er i de uprogrammerede byrum at vi mødes på tværs af politiske skel (in Danish)
An interview with Anders Koed Madsen in one of Denmarks largest urban planning magazines. The interview is centered around the fact that our representation indicates that it is the ‘un-programmed’ city that caters for political diversity. Many of the spaces that attracts a diverse political crowd would be categorized as dull and without much identity when seen through the eyes of urban commentators. The interview discusses the surprising ‘color of gray’ thesis that emerges from the data.
2019-12-13
‘Berlingske Tidende: Her fester de røde og blå: Går du i byen i en politisk boble? (in Danish)
An interview with Jeff Risom and Anders Koed Madsen in one of Denmark’s largest newspapers. The focus is on specieifc bars and sportsevents that do seem to be building bridges between political opposites. The article specifically touches upon how the physical and digital ‘bubbles’ influence each other and the extent to which the city can break digital bubbles. The commentary feed under the Facebook version of the article is long and illustrates how new representations of urban space can stimulate debate.