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Towards a genuinely humanizing smart urbanism

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  • Kitchin, Rob

    (National University of Ireland Maynooth)

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This paper considers, following David Harvey (1973), how to produce a genuinely humanizing smart urbanism. It does so through utilising a future-orientated lens to sketch out the kinds of work required to reimagine, reframe and remake smart cities. I argue that, on the one hand, there is a need to produce an alternative ‘future present’ that shifts the anticipatory logics of smart cities to that of addressing persistent inequalities, prejudice, and discrimination, and is rooted in notions of fairness, equity, ethics and democracy. On the other hand, there is a need to disrupt the ‘present future’ of neoliberal smart urbanism, moving beyond minimal politics to enact sustained strategic, public-led interventions designed to create more-inclusive smart city initiatives. Both tactics require producing a deeply normative vision for smart cities that is rooted in ideas of citizenship, social justice, the public good, and the right to the city that needs to be developed in conjunction with citizens.

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  • Kitchin, Rob, 2018. "Towards a genuinely humanizing smart urbanism," SocArXiv 5jkx4_v1, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:5jkx4_v1
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/5jkx4_v1
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