| Title |
The right to the city and data protection for developing citizen-centric digital cities |
| ID_Doc |
40081 |
| Authors |
Breuer, J; Pierson, J |
| Title |
The right to the city and data protection for developing citizen-centric digital cities |
| Year |
2021 |
| Published |
Information Communication & Society, 24, 6 |
| DOI |
10.1080/1369118X.2021.1909095 |
| Abstract |
Smart city urban development seems inevitable for the future of our cities, but who should decide what that future should be like and whose interest's smart urbanism serves? The 'Right to the City' calls for citizens as 'users' of cities to be integral parts to the socio-technological processes that shape urban space. This article explores how citizens can participate meaningfully, and whether data protection rights can be instrumental to this objective. It does so by analysing several smart city projects in Belgium and the Netherlands that were affected by the GDPR. The findings illustrate that data protection impacts smart city developments, but meaningful influence of citizens, as in the Right to the City, remains very limited. The article argues that already dominant actors and decision-makers remain in control of 'smart' urban developments, while citizens often lack awareness and data literacy. We suggest that participatory methods for city-making are valuable if they bring about small, incremental changes and that researchers can play an active role in lowering barriers to meaningful participation in practice. |
| Author Keywords |
Smart city; right to the city; data protection; participatory city-making; material semiotics |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000649946800003 |
| WoS Category |
Communication; Sociology |
| Research Area |
Communication; Sociology |
| PDF |
https://biblio.vub.ac.be/vubirfiles/77977081/ICS21_Breuer_Pierson_The_right_to_the_city_and_data_protection_for_developing_citizen_centric_digital_cities_AAM.pdf
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