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The topic of my work was centered on the theme of 'neture'. 'neture' as a term is made up of the two words: the 'net' and 'nature'. 'neture' describes a field that opens between media-spaces like Internet and electronic media and those of the physical tangible world of our existence. Departing from the fact that it is our bodylyness ('Leiblichkeit') which relates us to our 'Lebenswelt' as Maurice Merleau-Ponty proposes in his idea of chiasm (intertwining). In its first phase the term turned out to be particularly useful in connection with urban planning in times of post-industrialized cities working with communication-media resp. radio as concrete tool of architectural and urban planning. Intention was to initiate media practices in a neighbourhood context in times of shrinking common public life in a city. It aimed to demonstrate that this differs from the usual approach taken by local authorities wishing to improve the image of the city without heeding the need for a vital communication, itself crucial if sustainable development is to be achieved. |