2014
DOI: 10.15353/joci.v10i3.3447
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(Re)Prioritizing Citizens in Smart Cities Governance: Examples of Smart Citizenship from Urban India

Abstract: By examining the community-focused informatics work of Transparent Chennai (TC) (India) we seek to contrast the Smart Cities agenda — with its focus on the consumption and commercialization of digital technologies and infrastructure — to citizen-driven approaches, what we term, Smart Citizenship. A Smart Citizenship approach engages citizens in complementary digitally mediated and face-to-face processes that respect local knowledge systems. We devise a framework for understanding Smart Citizenship and link thi… Show more

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“…The technology and governance model that underpins many smart technologies is, in fact, full of potential for marginalized groups -it is accessible, cheap and localized, utilising low cost sensors, cheap connectivity and shared data assets. If it wants to recognize the social capital of marginalized groups then it needs to involve not only engineers, coders or systems scientists "but also civic hacktivists, local associations and longstanding community groups that make up civic-cyber space" (Sadoway & Shekhar, 2014). If urban informality is treated not as a condition, but as a "mode of production" within "sites of vibrant and entrepreneurial urbanism" (Roy, 2011, p.226) then it has the potential to reclaim 'smartness'.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…The technology and governance model that underpins many smart technologies is, in fact, full of potential for marginalized groups -it is accessible, cheap and localized, utilising low cost sensors, cheap connectivity and shared data assets. If it wants to recognize the social capital of marginalized groups then it needs to involve not only engineers, coders or systems scientists "but also civic hacktivists, local associations and longstanding community groups that make up civic-cyber space" (Sadoway & Shekhar, 2014). If urban informality is treated not as a condition, but as a "mode of production" within "sites of vibrant and entrepreneurial urbanism" (Roy, 2011, p.226) then it has the potential to reclaim 'smartness'.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The smart city agenda rarely addresses issues of social differences in already-existing cities (Datta, 2018), and this chapter argues that it is critical to reflect on a question raised by March and Ribera-Fumaz (2014, p. 826): "whose smartness and whose cities?". The smart city approach tends to focus on technological solutions to urban problems from the perspective of states and companies, whereas these technologies "need to serve and work for people and communities … in relation to setting local civic and infrastructural priorities" (Sadoway & Shekhar, 2014). Although citizen consultation and participation are often described in smart city proposals, there is a marked dearth of effective mechanisms and technologies for public engagement with respect to issues of distribution of urban resources and amenities such as water, roads, street lights, drainage, waste services, and proposed smart solutions to them.…”
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“…Further, some of the largest and most commercial business in hardware, software and infrastructure sectors, such as IBM, General Electric, Cisco Systems, Hitachi, and Siemens have been developing projects related to smart cities. In addition to the development of new technologies to improve the urban space, these companies also have research departments specialized in studying the different aspects and key elements of a smart city (Sadoway & Shekhar, 2014). As a result, the majority of the concerns and actions implemented are related to the interests of big and controlling corporations.…”
Section: Smart Citizensmentioning
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“…A smart citizenship should consider the use of technology to enhance the power of communication and to create a more participatory ecosystem. A Smart Citizenship framework situates citizens, civic organizations, and open and participatory processes as drivers or steering devices for ICT-linked applications and praxis (Sadoway & Shekhar, 2014). Moreover, in the smart citizenship process, the use of technology and ICT should be used to facilitate, complement and support civic engagement, instead of drive or be a conditional factor for it (Sadoway & Shekhar, 2014).…”
Section: The Development Of Smart Citizenshipmentioning
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