This
map visually represents the disparate elements of the MDCN network.
The Mobile Digital Commons Network is a national collaborative research
network launched a year ago by the Banff New Media Institute and
Concordia University. Situated in Banff, Toronto and Montreal the
network is made up of designers, engineers, and communications scholars
from a number of institutions that also includes the Ontario College of
Art & Design and Concordia University. The MDCN explores the
connections between human beings, urban and wilderness settings, and
mobile technologies. By developing interactive mobile experiences and
observing the dynamics inherent in wireless immersive environments,
each of the MDCN projects that make up the network moves us closer to
understanding how these technologies augment, enhance and transform our
culturally situated experiences of urban and outdoor spaces.
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Michael
Longford's creative work and research activities reside
at the
intersection of photography, graphic design and new media. Currently,
he is a co-principle investigator for the Mobile Digital Commons
Network (MDCN), a joint research project launched by Concordia
University and the Banff New Media Institute. He has organized numerous
workshops, artist talks, exhibitions and conferences. He has also
served on a number of committees overseeing the integration of new
technologies in the Faculty of Fine Arts. He is a founding member of
Hexagram and was a former axe director for the Advanced Digital Imaging
and 3D Rapid Prototyping Group.
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