Architecture Media Politics Society
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| Director: | Graham Cairns |
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| Categories | Architecture |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | UCL Press |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Primary: English Secondary: Various |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 2050-9006 |
Architecture Media Politics Society (AMPS) is a nonprofit academic research organisation. Its associated peer reviewed open access online journal is Architecture_MPS ISSN 2050-9006. It was set up in 2011 and the journal officially launched in 2012. Since 2015 it has been published by UCL Press. It is dedicated primarily to the study of architecture but examines it in the context of what it refers to as the mediated environment of contemporary culture.
It was set up after a research bid to the Arts and Humanities Research Council, AHRC, for the project it hosted between 2012-2014; "Architecture as Political Image". It is an independent organisation that runs its research programmes in collaboration with multiple universities. It is based the United Kingdom.
In 2014 AMPS launched a research programme called The Mediated City. Investigating the role and influence of new technologies of the use, experience and representation of ‘the city’ it involves conferences and publications. The first two conferences were held in London and Los Angeles in 2014. In 2016 three books were published related to the programme: The publisher is Intellect Books. the series is called 'Mediated Cities'.
In 2015 AMPS launched a three year programme examining affordable housing provision internationally involving collaborations with universities, art groups, resident associations and scholars. It involves projects in several countries. The programme is called Housing - Critical Futures. It involves conferences in the UK, Spain, Cyprus, Australia, China and elsewhere. The publishers engaged in this program are UCL Press and Libri Publishing.
The Architecture_MPS journal publishes eight articles per year.It has an associated resource repository discussed on academic forums such as Humanities and Social Sciences online and the Joint Information Systems Committee.
The journal's subject areas and interests are open and encompass a range of subjects related to architecture. The themes of architecture, media, politics and society are interpreted broadly but the principal aim has been described as encouraging an “examination of how architecture operates in tandem with other cultural factors”. Articles about urban design, cultural conflict in cities and the use of architecture in political campaigns in the United States. They sit alongside articles about the use of modernist architecture as a political tool in post revolutionary Mexico and the 'political role' of the built environment in the 'cultural industries' in the UK. It has an international perspective and a global editorial team. Its combination of journal and resource repository and its association with information professionals has been labeled as an “innovative” and “new” approach to academic publishing. The journal also publishes a range of interviews with leading academics, architects and critics.
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