In a nutshell: Stephen Graham on urban digital infrastructures
Channel: Alexander von Humboldt Institut for internet and society
Date: 2019-11-04

More than half of the world’s population lives in cities – and this number is growing. The much-hyped ‘Smart Cities’ promise to digitise the urban merging of these two infrastructural layers. But what happens when they fail? What are the interests and values embodied in these infrastructures? How do we make sure that cities in the digital society remain public spaces? How can they be designed to foster social benefits and not just commercial interests?

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