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Thrift, N. J. (2014) The 'sentient' city and what it may portend. Big Data & Society, Volume 1 (Number 1). doi:10.1177/2053951714532241 ISSN 2053-9517.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2053951714532241
Abstract
The claim is frequently made that, as cities become loaded up with information and communications technology and a resultant profusion of data, so they are becoming sentient. But what might this mean? This paper offers some insights into this claim by, first of all, reworking the notion of the social as a spatial complex of 'outstincts'. That makes it possible, secondly, to reconsider what a city which is aware of itself might look like, both by examining what kinds of technological practices are becoming commonplace and by considering the particular case of spatial awareness. In turn, this leads to a third rumination on how cities might become aware as different kinds of sprite, channelling outstincts in spatially variable ways. Whatever the case, it is clear that new technical-artistic interventions are required if these sprites are not to become simply servants of the security–entertainment complex. Some of these interventions are examined in the fourth part of the paper.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology | ||||||
Divisions: | Administration > University Executive Office | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Big data, City and town life, Sociology, Urban | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Big Data & Society | ||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 2053-9517 | ||||||
Official Date: | June 2014 | ||||||
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Volume: | Volume 1 | ||||||
Number: | Number 1 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 21 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/2053951714532241 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 July 2016 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 July 2016 |
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