Decidim: redes políticas y tecnopolíticas para la democracia participativa

Barandiaran, Xabier E.; Calleja, Antonio; Monterde, Arnau; Aragón, Pablo; Linares, Juan López; Romero, Carol Margeth Calderon; Pereira, Andrés

doi:10.6035/recerca.2017.21.8

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“…(2) those focussed on advocacy such as the CCDR ( 2019 Barandiaran et al, 2017;Barcelona City Council, 2018, 2019bBass et al, 2018;Calzada, 2018a;Calzada and Almirall, 2019b;Marras et al, 2018); and finally, and (4) those devoted to exploiting the commons such as organisations that use opensource data together with those who have the political intent to reverse postcapitalistic logics through new grassroots-led urban experimentation such as platform co-operatives (Borkin, 2019;Calzada and Almirall, 2019a;Scholz, 2016) and data co-operatives (Hardjono and Pentland, 2019).…”

Section: Context and Rationale: Data Ecosystems Through Data Infrastructures And Institutions In Europementioning

confidence: 99%

Data ecosystems for protecting European citizens’ digital rights

Calzada

Almirall

2020

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Purpose This paper aims to spark a debate by presenting the need for developing data ecosystems in Europe that meet the social and public good while committing to democratic and ethical standards; suggesting a taxonomy of data infrastructures and institutions to support this need; using the case study of Barcelona as the flagship city trailblazing a critical policy agenda of smart cities to show the limitations and contradictions of the current state of affairs; and ultimately, proposing a preliminary roadmap for institutional and governance empowerment that could enable effective data ecosystems in Europe. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on lessons learned in previous publications available in the sustainability (Calzada, 2018), regions (Calzada and Cowie, 2017; Calzada, 2019), Zenodo (Calzada and Almirall, 2019), RSA Journal (Calzada, 2019) and IJIS (Calzada, 2020) journals and ongoing and updated fieldwork about the Barcelona case study stemming from an intensive fieldwork action research that started in 2017. The methodology used in these publications was based on the mixed-method technique of triangulation via action research encompassing in-depth interviews, direct participation in policy events and desk research. The case study was identified as the most effective methodology. Findings This paper, drawing from lessons learned from the Barcelona case study, elucidates on the need to establish pan-European data infrastructures and institutions – collectively data ecosystems – to protect citizens’ digital rights in European cities and regions. The paper reveals three main priorities proposing a preliminary roadmap for local and regional governments, namely, advocacy, suggesting the need for city and regional networks; governance, requiring guidance and applied, neutral and non-partisan research in policy; and pan-European agencies, leading and mobilising data infrastructures and institutions at the European level. Research limitations/implications From the very beginning, this paper acknowledges its ambition, and thus its limitations and clarifies its attempt to provide just an overview rather than a deep research analysis. This paper presents several research limitations and implications regarding the scope. The paper starts by presenting the need for data ecosystems, then structures this need through two taxonomies, all illustrated through the Barcelona case study and finally, concludes with a roadmap consisting of three priorities. The paper uses previous published and ongoing fieldwork findings in Barcelona as a way to lead, and thus encourage the proliferation of more cases through Cities Coalition for Digital Rights (CCDR). Practical implications This paper presents practical implications for local and regional authorities of the CCDR network. As such, the main three priorities of the preliminary roadmap could help those European cities and regions already part of the CCDR network to establish and build operational data ecosystems by establishing a comprehensive pan-European policy from the bottom-up that aligns with the timely policy developments advocated by the European Commission. This paper can inspire policymakers by providing guidelines to better coordinate among a diverse set of cities and regions in Europe. Social implications The leading data governance models worldwide from China and the USA and the advent of Big Data are dramatically reshaping citizens’ relationship with data. Against this backdrop and directly influenced by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Europe has, perhaps, for the first time, spoken with its own voice by blending data and smart city research and policy formulations. Inquiries and emerging insights into the potential urban experiments on data ecosystems, consisting of data infrastructures and institutions operating in European cities and regions, become increasingly crucial. Thus, the main social implications are for those multi-stakeholder policy schemes already operating in European cities and regions. Originality/value In previous research, data ecosystems were not directly related to digital rights amidst the global digital geopolitical context and, more specifically, were not connected to the two taxonomies (on data infrastructures and institutions) that could be directly applied to a case study, like the one presented about Barcelona. Thus, this paper shows novelty and originality by also opening up (based on previous fieldwork action research) a way to take strategic action to establish a pan-European strategy among cities and regions through three specific priorities. This paper can ultimately support practice and lead to new research and policy avenues.

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Section: Context and Rationale: Data Ecosystems Through Data Infrastructures And Institutions In Europementioning

confidence: 99%

Data ecosystems for protecting European citizens’ digital rights

Calzada

Almirall

2020

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“…Under a right-wing government, Barcelona was a blueprint for neoliberal smart urbanism, partnering with multinationals such as CISCO, and performing various smart city initiatives with aggressive self-promotion, as well as initiating the SCEWC to promote smart cities more globally (March and Ribera-Fumaz, 2016). Since May 2015, however, guided by Ada Colau -a long-time activist with respect to housing and wealth equality (see Colau and Alemany, 2012) -and by a sustained grass-root political movement (Barandiaran et al, 2017), there has been a new political and organisational approach to smart cities. This has included making smart city initiatives much more citizen-centric and participatory, adopting the concept of 'technological sovereignty' as a new form of citizenship, and appointing a new commissioner of Technology and Digital Innovation.…”

Section: Towards a Different Kind Of Smart Citymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(quoted in Galdon, 2017) Here, there is a commitment to using open source technologies and to retaining ownership and control of data infrastructure whilst guaranteeing access for citizens (Galdon, 2017). A new set of experiments with open data, control of personal data, civic apps, and crowdsourced sensors are connecting citizens (some more than others) to technology without curtailing their rights and entitlements, with the aim of combining a 'digital revolution with democratic revolution' (see Barandiaran et al, 2017;Bria, 2017;March and Ribera-Fumaz, 2018). Further, service provision (electricity and water) is being municipalised and there are experiments with universal basic income and forms of rent control (e.g.…”

Section: Towards a Different Kind Of Smart Citymentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart urbanism and smart citizenship: The neoliberal logic of ‘citizen-focused’ smart cities in Europe

Cardullo

Kitchin

2018

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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This paper examines the neoliberal ideals that underpin participation and citizenship in the smart city and their replication mechanisms at European level. We examine self-proclaimed 'citizen-focus' projects funded by or aligned to the European Innovation Partnership for Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC) by way of analysing policy documents and interviews with key stakeholders of smart city initiatives at European level and the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona (SCEWC 2017). We suggest that smart cities as currently conceived enact a blueprint of neoliberal urbanism and promote a form of neoliberal citizenship. Supranational institutions like the EIP-SCC act at a multi-scalar level, connecting diverse forms of neoliberal urbanism while promoting policy agendas and projects that perform neoliberal citizenship in the spaces of the everyday. Despite attempts to recast the smart city as 'citizenfocused', smart urbanism remains rooted in pragmatic, instrumental and paternalistic discourses and practices rather than those of social rights, political citizenship, and the common good. In our view, if smart cities are to become truly 'citizen-focused' an alternative conception of smart citizenship needs to be deployed, one that enables an effective shift of power and is rooted in rights, entitlements, community, participation, commons, and ideals beyond the market.

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“…To provide interactionist operational tools to measure and characterize collective identities is increasingly relevant if we are to defend the diversity of identities and deliberative quality. This is particularly relevant now that public attempts are becoming increasingly successful in creating digital platforms for distributed, deliberative, and participatory democracy ( Barandiaran et al, 2017 , 2020 ). Interface and interaction mechanics design is crucial for the emergent dynamics of decision making.…”

Section: Discussion: Collective Identities Through (Technopolitical) mentioning

confidence: 99%