Undoing optimization : civic action in smart cities /

City life has been reconfigured by our use-and our expectations-of communication, data, and sensing technologies. This book examines the civic use, regulation, and politics of these technologies, looking at how governments, planners, citizens, and activists expect them to enhance life in the city. A...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Powell, Alison B. (Auteur)
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: New Haven : Yale University Press [2021]
Online toegang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1k03g9s
Inhoudsopgave:
  • INTRODUCTION. Technology, Citizenship, and Frameworks of the Smart City
  • ONE. Network Access and the Smart City of Connectivity
  • TWO. Data Cities and Visions of Optimization
  • THREE. Entrepreneurial Data Citizenships, Open Data Movements, and Audit Culture
  • FOUR. Rethinking Civic Voice in Post-Neoliberal Cities
  • FIVE. The Ends of Optimization
  • CONCLUSION. The Right to Minimum Viable Datafication.