Smart cities connect humans to networks of information to create urban operating systems
that optimize traffic management, sustainable energy use, and enact smart governance. The …

The concept of 'place-making'emerged in media studies in 2015, but to date, there has been
little theoretical engagement with the term. The primary research question this scoping …

Reacting to critiques that the smart city is overly technocratic and instrumental, companies
and cities have reframed their initiatives as 'citizen-centric'. However, what 'citizen …

This article argues for engaging with the smart city as a sociotechnical imaginary. By
conducting a close reading of primary source material produced by the companies IBM and …

Since the mid-1990s a plethora of indicator projects have been developed and adopted by
cities seeking to measure and monitor various aspects of urban systems. These have been …

In this paper, I examine the convergence of big data and urban governance beyond the
discursive and material contexts of the smart city. I argue that in addition to understanding …

This paper explores the subtle notion of unplugging to critically analyze the technological
determinism of the Smart City. This exploration suggests that being digitally connected …

In today's cities our everyday lives are shaped by digital media technologies such as smart
cards, surveillance cameras, quasi-intelligent systems, smartphones, social media, location …

How do people represent the city on social media? And how do these representations feed
back into people's uses of the city? To answer these questions, we develop a relational …

Smart city-policy makers and technology vendors are increasingly stating they want to bring
about citizen-centered smart cities. Yet, it often remains unclear what exactly that means …