| Title |
Making an urban human? The digital order and its curious human-centrism |
| ID_Doc |
43870 |
| Authors |
Georgiou, M |
| Title |
Making an urban human? The digital order and its curious human-centrism |
| Year |
2021 |
| Published |
Communication And Critical-Cultural Studies, 18, 4 |
| DOI |
10.1080/14791420.2021.1995615 |
| Abstract |
This article's point of departure is the observed retreat of technocentric conceptions of optimal cities and their replacement by a curious human-centrism in media, corporate, and policy discursive constructions of cities. This human-centrism hides an emerging urban order: the digital order. The digital order is realised through discourses and practices that promote controlled cities, not through coercion and visible policing, but instead through a technologized promise of seemingly progressive values. The multiple and contradictory claims to urban humans revealed in the digital order, the article concludes, demand renewed attention to the human - a critical humanist perspective to cities and technology. |
| Author Keywords |
Digital city; critical humanism; order; urban difference; smart city |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI); Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000726570800004 |
| WoS Category |
Cultural Studies; Communication |
| Research Area |
Cultural Studies; Communication |
| PDF |
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14791420.2021.1995615?needAccess=true
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