Going Beyond the Smart City Implementing Technopolitical Platforms for Urban Democracy in Madrid and Barcelona.pdf (1.79 MB)
Going beyond the smart city? Implementing technopolitical platforms for urban democracy in Madrid and Barcelona
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posted on 2023-06-07, 08:48 authored by Adrian SmithAdrian Smith, Pedro Prieto MartinDigital platforms for urban democracy are analyzed in Madrid and Barcelona. These platforms permit citizens to debate urban issues with other citizens; to propose developments, plans, and policies for city authorities; and to influence how city budgets are spent. Contrasting with neoliberal assumptions about Smart Citizenship, the technopolitics discourse underpinning these developments recognizes that the technologies facilitating participation have themselves to be developed democratically. That is, technopolitical platforms are built and operate as open, commons-based processes for learning, reflection, and adaptation. These features prove vital to platform implementation consistent with aspirations for citizen engagement and activism.
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KNOWING: the KNOWledge politics of experImeNtinG with smart urbanism; G2005; ESRC-ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; ES/N018907/1
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Journal of Urban TechnologyISSN
1063-0732Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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1-20Department affiliated with
- SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
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2020-06-05First Open Access (FOA) Date
2020-08-20First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2020-06-04Usage metrics
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