KCL Digital HumanitiesMar 27, 2023

A new book on “Digital (In)Justice in the Smart City” includes chapters from researchers from our department.

Güneş Tavmen wrote a chapter on “Cybernetic Urbanism: Tracing the Development of the Responsibilized Subject and Self-Organizing Communities in Smart Cities”.

Jonathan Gray (@jwyg) co-wrote a piece with Noortje Marres (@NoortjeMarres) on “Articulating Urban Collectives with Data”.

Further details and links available here: https://kingsdh.net/2023/03/27/digital-injustice-in-the-smart-city/

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DDH researchers contribute chapters to book on “Digital (In)Justice in the Smart City” – KCL Digital Humanities

Bob MottramOct 22, 2020
Reclaiming #DataCities. Apparently the cities of the future “need to collect a lot of data”.

But why?

It's not necessary to have a big face database to be able to supply clean energy or have working public transport.

The better question would be: “what kind of regulation systems are needed to maintain a city in the future?”. Ensuring that everyone gets a water and electricity supply doesn't necessarily require collecting a lot of personal data about them.