Immersion und Muße im Theme Park: Medienlandschaften bei Ontario Place (Toronto, 1971-2011) (D04 (P07))

• Subject Area: Theatre and Media Studies ; European and American Literary and Cultural Studies
• Term: from 2019 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 197396619

This subproject investigates the link between otium and screen technologies from large-format, com-munally viewed screens and multimedia exhibitions to small-format, individually operated smartphones and other networked media devices, and their impact on individual and collective oppor-tunities for and experiences of otium in a contemporary media city. The research objects are the Theme Park Ontario Place (1971–2011) and the smart city Sidewalk Toronto Project (2017–2020). How has the slow transition from ‘managerial’ to neo-liberal models of public space design in recent years affected the potential for urban otium, and what role do screen technologies (i.e. screens and moni-tors) play in this?

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1015: Muße (Leisure/Otium). Concepts, Spaces, Figures
• Applicant Institution: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Robin Curtis