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The politics of urban digital infrastructures

The politics of urban digital infrastructures
© Goethe-Institut Hanoi

Discussion | 22.04.2021, 7 pm.
Live at Goethe-Institut, Hanoi and at Deutsches Haus, Ho Chi Minh City 
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‘The politics of urban digital infrastructures’
Already more than half of the world’s population lives in cities – and this number is growing. Modern cities depend largely on invisible infrastructures that usually only become noticeable when they cease functioning. Similarly, the internet is also a material infrastructure, although it is often portrayed as immaterial. The much-hyped ‘Smart Cities’ promise to digitise the urban merging of these two infrastructural layers. But what happens when they fail? Can cities be smart – and should they be in the first place? 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?
 
ORIGINAL LECTURE AT THE ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT INSTITUTE FOR INTERNET AND SOCIETY (HIIG)

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  Dr. Truong Minh Huy Vu © Truong Minh Huy Vu Nguyen Thi Thai Lan Porträt © Nguyễn Thị Thái Lan
  Dr. Truong Minh Huy Vu Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyễn Thị Thái Lan
  Guest  
  Professor Stephen Graham © Stephen Graham  
  Professor Stephen Graham   

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