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Data Power in Action Ola Soederstroem (University of Neuchatel)

Data Power in Action By Ola Soederstroem (University of Neuchatel)

Data Power in Action by Ola Soederstroem (University of Neuchatel)


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EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence Drawing on the study of different cities in the Global South, this book explores how data have become a generative force in shaping what cities are, how they are governed and inhabited, especially during times of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Data Power in Action: Urban Data Politics in Times of Crisis by Ola Soederstroem (University of Neuchatel)

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence Drawing on the study of different cities in the Global South, this book explores how the intensive use of data changes politics, power relations and everyday life in contemporary cities. Across the volume, expert contributors show how urban actors, from the state to activists, are increasingly using data as a resource to empower their actions and support their claims and shows how times of crisis are moments when the power of data is made visible. Focusing on the different dimensions of data power and politics in the urban realm, this is an important contribution to our understanding of how datafication transforms the places in which we live and how we experience them.

About Ola Soederstroem (University of Neuchatel)

Ola Soederstroem is Professor of Social and Cultural Geography at the University of Neuchatel. Ayona Datta is Professor in Human Geography at University College London.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Urban data Politics in Times of Crisis - Ola Soederstroem and Ayona Datta Part 1: Framing Urban Data Politics 1. Urban data, governmentality, capitalism, ethics and justice - Rob Kitchin 2. Platforms as states: The rise of governance through data power - Petter Toernberg 3. Data Ethics in Practice: Rethinking scales, trust and autonomy - Alison Powell 4. The contingencies of urban data: between the interoperable and inoperable - AbdouMaliq Simone Part 2: Strategies 5. Experiments in practice: New directions in municipal data policy and governance - Sarah Barns 6. Webinars and War-rooms: Techno-politics of data in shaping COVID19 narratives - Ayona Datta and Ola Soederstroem 7. The Smartmentality of Urban Data Politics: Evidence from Two Chinese Cities - Robin Xu Ying, Federico Caprotti and Crison Chien Part 3: Tactics 8. Platform work, everyday life, and survival in times of crisis: views and experiences from Nairobi - Prince K Guma 9. An urban data politics of scale: Lessons from South Africa - Jonathan Cinnamon 10. Beyond 'data positivism'. Civil society organizations' data and knowledge tactics in South Africa - Evan Blake, Nancy Odendaal, Ola Soederstroem Epilogue: Data, crisis, and learning - Orit Halpern

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NGR9781529233544
9781529233544
1529233542
Data Power in Action: Urban Data Politics in Times of Crisis by Ola Soederstroem (University of Neuchatel)
New
Paperback
Bristol University Press
2023-12-21
272
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