The Unveiled City: Multicultural Representation of Tokyo by Hashtag Labeling on Instagram-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Unveiled City: Multicultural Representation of Tokyo by Hashtag Labeling on Instagram

Published:2023 Issue:5 Volume:56 Page:509-516
ISSN:0024-094X
Container-title:Leonardo
language:en
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Author:

Cabrera Yonlay¹^ORCID,Diago Luis²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Yonlay Cabrera, Tama Art University, 2 Chome-1723 Yarimizu, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0394, Japan. Email: ycquindemil@gmail.com. Website: www.yonlaycabrera.com.

2. Luis Diago, Meiji University (Global Front), Room 408M, 1 Chome-1 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 101-8301, Japan. Email: luis_diago@meiji.ac.jp.

Abstract

Abstract The birth and progress of civilization are linked to the development of cities. This study investigates how people view and experience Tokyo, the populous megalopolis and major tourist hub. A digital art installation unveils a Tokyo that exists only through interaction. The authors reduce the city’s culturally dependent representation through a database using hashtags in 47 languages. The automated processing of the database finds trends in Tokyo’s representations on Instagram using Computer Vision (CV) and Natural Language Processing (NLP), yielding results in the art installation like current semiotic readings of the city.

Publisher

MIT Press

Subject

Computer Science Applications,Music,Engineering (miscellaneous),Visual Arts and Performing Arts

Link

https://direct.mit.edu/leon/article-pdf/56/5/509/2160877/leon_a_02426.pdf

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