Index

Introduction: On Datapolis 8
Negar Sanaan Bensi, Paul Cournet

Retroactive Timeline of Data Infrastructure 17
Patrycja Raszka, Theodor Reinhardt, Fabio Sala, Yiyin Yu

Notes on an Archaeology of Design Data Literacy 26
Georg Vrachliotis

GIZMOS: Between tomato and satellite 34
Datapolis Studio

On Gizmos, Gadgets, Objects and Data 42
Kees Kaan

ATLAS OF DATA LANDSCAPES Paul Swagerman
The wireless network density map 49
CABLE LANDING POINT 50
RWG TERMINAL 56
ESTEC 64
DATABUNKER 74
FLOATING FARM 80
N+P RECYCLING 86
BOL.COM 92
BACKUPNED 100
WHITE SPOTS 108

ESSAYS: ONTOLOGY AND AGENCY OF DATA [INFRASTRUCTURE]

From Data Center to Data Forest 144
Marina Otero Verzier

Vibrant Data: The Sewer As Information Infrastructure 123
Sabrina Chou

Machines in Landscape: Territorial Instruments 133
Ali Fard

This Way: Expressive Self-Tracking as Creative Practice 145
Joost Grootens

The Digital Cloud Between Geological Extraction and
Meteorological Hyper Responsiveness 155
Natalie P. Koerner

“Here be dragons”: The liminal topographies of statistical imaging 165
Gökçe Önal

Blockchain and the Real-Estate-Media Complex 177
Marija Marić

Life Needs Internet 184
Jeroen van Loon

VISIONS: SPATIAL SPECULATIONS ON HOW TO LIVE
WITH THE LEGACY OF DATAPOLIS Datapolis Studio

Autonomous Territory 192
Arda Ertan Yildiz, Wu Yongyi

The Urban Exchange Platform 200
Farian Anwar, Callum Birchall

From the Grave to the Cradle 208
Federica Longoni, Filip Romaniuk

Con(tro)versing with Mars 216
Emma Chris Avrămiea, Martah Lundheim

Human Driven Healthcare Net 224
Sandra Baggerman, Marina Bonet

A Network for Democracy 232
I-Hsuan Lee, Susanne van de Pol, Robert Bichlmaier

Meta-Office 240
Lauritz Bohne, Lea Scherer, Edward Zammit

Noetic Horizons of Data 248
Rafał Tarczyński, Ragna Nordström

Territories of (Dis)connection 2
The Extreme Self: Age of You 264
Douglas Coupland, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Shumon Basar
Journey of an iPhone 268

Biographies 257
Acknowledgements 263
Credits 266