TY - JOUR AU - claeys, laurence AU - Coenen, Tanguy AU - Laureyssens, Thomas AU - Mechant, Peter AU - Criel, Johan PY - 2013/08/31 TI - A flock of sparrows in the city of Ghent: a multidisciplinary case study JF - International SERIES on Information Systems and Management in Creative eMedia (CreMedia); No 2013/3 (2013): 2nd Workshop on (Re)Creating Lievely Cities Through Ambient Techn. in Arts, Culture, and Gastronomic Experiences KW - internet-of-things, ubiquitous computing, real-time data, ambient interactions, city, social engagement, ludic design N2 - This article elaborates on the deployment of multipurpose, aesthetic smart objects, called ‘The Sparrows’ in the city of Ghent (Belgium, Europe).  The goals of the integration of the sparrows in the city were two-fold (1) augmenting the social engagement of citizens using a playful aesthetic smart artifact, and (2) exploring the ambient interaction zones with smart artifacts in a city context.  In this article we present the case study carried out on the integration of the smart artifacts in the city and we describe the experiences of the involved citizens with the sparrows and the embedded ambient interactions. UR - https://www.ambientmediaassociation.org/Journal/index.php/series/article/view/111