| Title | Finding Common Ground For Citizen Empowerment In The Smart City |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 37651 |
| Authors | Kelleher, JD; Kerr, A |
| Title | Finding Common Ground For Citizen Empowerment In The Smart City |
| Year | 2020 |
| Published | Etica & Politica, 22.0, 2 |
| Abstract | Corporate smart city initiatives are just one example of the contemporary culture of surveillance. They rely on extensive information gathering systems and Big Data analysis to predict citizen behaviour and optimise city services. In this paper we argue that many smart city and social media technologies result in a paradox whereby digital inclusion for the purposes of service provision also results in marginalisation and disempowerment of citizens. Drawing upon insights garnered from a digital inclusion workshop conducted in the Galapagos islands, we propose that critically and creatively unpacking the computational techniques embedded in data services is needed as a first step if we are to reimagine neganthropic, sustainable and empowering data services for inhabitants in diverse localities. We propose a therapeutic inspired by the concept of 'common ground' from communication theory. Common ground presupposes a symmetry of purpose, shared values and accessible participation processes. When common ground is deployed in the smart city context it prompts us to reimagine data services as an ongoing dialogue between peers, to rethink citizen participation in terms of capabilities and empowerment, and to focus on clear lines of accountability and equality of citizen outcomes. |
Similar Articles
| ID | Score | Article |
|---|---|---|
40890
|
de Lange, M The Right to the Datafied City: Interfacing the Urban Data Commons(2019) | |
| 36634
|
Marinelli, A; Parisi, S (Smart) City and the (Open) Data. A Critical Approach to a Platform-driven Urban Citizenship(2020)Partecipazione E Conflitto, 13, 2 | |
| 40081
|
Breuer, J; Pierson, J The right to the city and data protection for developing citizen-centric digital cities(2021)Information Communication & Society, 24, 6 | |
| 40482
|
Gstrein, OJ Data autonomy: beyond personal data abuse, sphere transgression, and datafied gentrification in smart cities(2024)Ethics And Information Technology, 26, 3 | |
| 44203
|
Ricker, B; Cinnamon, J; Dierwechter, Y When open data and data activism meet: An analysis of civic participation in Cape Town, South Africa(2020)Canadian Geographies-Geographies Canadiennes, 64, 3 | |
| 40059
|
Sidani, D; Veglianti, E; Maroufkhani, P Smart Cities for a Sustainable Social Inclusion Strategy - A Comparative Study between Italy and Malaysia(2022)Pacific Asia Journal Of The Association For Information Systems, 14, 2 | |
| 36440
|
Trencher, G Towards the smart city 2.0: Empirical evidence of using smartness as a tool for tackling social challenges(2019) | |
| 39319
|
Knebel, N; Fornasier, MD; Borges, GS Smart Cities, Human Rights And Social Sustainability(2022)Veredas Do Direito, 19, 43 | |
| 42930
|
Colding, J; Nilsson, C; Sjöberg, S Smart Cities for All? Bridging Digital Divides for Socially Sustainable and Inclusive Cities(2024)Smart Cities, 7, 3 | |
| 38151
|
Baibarac-Duignan, C; de Lange, M Controversing the datafied smart city: Conceptualising a 'making-controversial' approach to civic engagement(2021)Big Data & Society, 8, 2 |