Bücher von Sybille Bauriedl

Colonialism is a historical, a geographical and a contemporary topic. The contributors in this volume bring together these three perspectives. With the notion of 'coloniality', they discuss the relevance of colonial spatial and social power relations to present-day inequalities, which reveal themselves in knowledge production, in public debates, in European urban landscapes, in international politics, and in everyday local struggles. The anthology draws together contributions from geography and urban studies that engage with approaches from Black Studies, Postcolonial Studies, and Decolonial Studies.

'Smart City' is the key word for a desirable future of our cities, for a scenario of unchecked data collection and surveillance, for the privatization of public sectors - yet also for socio-political interventions. How does the application of digital technologies and infrastructures change the current perception, production and use of space in cities? The contributors to this book discuss the potentials digital technologies provide for a participatory democracy, an open access to data and fairness concerning social space. They show: The digital transformation of cities is a territory claimed by IT corporations as much as by urban administrations, political movements and their residents.