Thanks for posting this, I have been trying to use the idea of the 'smart-er citizen', but this is really an analogue to the community level thinking that you mention.
Rather than encourage the use of top down technology/control systems that are sold by the big technology players I have been focusing on the cataloguing and findability of existing techniques and tools for citizens to get together and decide on how to develop and improve their community. In a way developing a Smarter Citizens Catalogue - access to existing tools and methods. Currently I am looking at the mapping of the data flows from individuals, generating simple maps to show where the data goes/gets shared / used again, which should be enabling for the citizen to influence up in their environment. mark On 7 November 2014 15:50, michael gurstein <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2014/11/06/smart-cities-vs-smart-communities-e > nabling-markets-or-empowering-citizens/ > > Hmmm.. > > So "Smart Cities" particularly in Less Developed Countries are ways of > turning urban environments into gold mines for consultants, hardware and > software companies and redoing the city in the image and for the benefit of > its most prosperous and well-serviced inhabitants and in the meantime > transferring additional resources and benefits from the poor to the rich. > <....> -- -- mark simpkins ============================= I was on the plinth!!!!! http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20100223130442/http://www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/Mark_S_2 Saturday 26th September 2009, 2200-2300 ============================= http://www.geekyoto.com/ ============================= gsm: +44(0)7855 365 481 AIM/iChat: marksimpkins Skype: marksimpkins Gizmo Project: marksimpkins email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] web: http://www.geekyoto.com # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]
