287R_Essay: On the smart city; Or a ‘manifesto’ for smart citizens instead (research summary)
What is The Future for Cities? - A podcast by Fanni Melles
Are you interested in smart citizens instead of smart cities? Summary of the article titled Essay: On the smart city; Or a ‘manifesto’ for smart citizens instead from 2012 by Dan Hill, published first on the CityofSound blog, then on Medium. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Dan Hill in episode 288 talking about what the real smart city could be. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see why smart citizens need to be in the centre of smart cities. This article advocates for shifting the focus of smart city developments from technology-driven solutions to citizen-centred approaches, emphasizing the role of smart citizens in shaping future cities. Find the episode through this link. Connecting episodes you might be interested in: No.002R - Intelligent cities: Variable geometries of spatial intelligence No.004R - Will the real smart city please stand up? No.132 - Interview with Prof Michael Batty about data needing humans No.208 - Interview with Prof Rudolf Giffinger about smart cities needing smart people You can find the transcript through this link. What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter @WTF4Cities or on the wtf4cities.com website where the shownotes are also available. I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in. Music by Lesfm from Pixabay