Deciphering Smart City Citizenship: the Techno-Politics of Data and Urban Co-operative Platforms

Revista Internacional de los Estudios Vascos. RIEV, 63, 1-2

Calzada, Igor

Publication year:
2018
Publication place:
Donostia
Characteristics:
BIBLID [0212-7016 (2018), 63, 1-2: 42-81]
ISSN:
0212-7016

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Summary

The hegemonic ‘smart city’ approach in the European H2020 institutional framework is slowly evolving into a new citizen-centric paradigm called the ‘experimental city’. While this evolution incorporates social innovations –including urban co-operative platforms that are flourishing as (smart) citizens are increasingly considered decision-makers rather than data providers– certain underlying ethical and democratic issues concerning the techno-politics of data remain unresolved.

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