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Data Justice and the Right to the City engages with theories of social justice and data-driven urbanism. It explores the intersecting concerns of data justice both the harms and civic possibilities of the datafied society and the right to the city a call to redress the uneven distribution of resources and rights in urban contexts.The book addresses these concerns through a variety of topics, including digital social services, as cities use data and automated systems to administer to citizens; education, as data-driven practices transform learning and higher education; labour, as platforms create new precarities and risks for workers; and activists and artists who seek to make creative and political interventions. They propose frameworks for understanding how data-driven technologies affect citizens' rights at the municipal scale and offer strategies for intervention by both scholars and citizens.

Data Justice and the Right to the City

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Hardback by Morgan Currie , Jeremy Knox

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    Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
    Publication Date: 30/09/2022
    ISBN13: 9781474492959, 978-1474492959
    ISBN10: 1474492959

    Number of Pages: 256

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

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    Data Justice and the Right to the City engages with theories of social justice and data-driven urbanism. It explores the intersecting concerns of data justice both the harms and civic possibilities of the datafied society and the right to the city a call to redress the uneven distribution of resources and rights in urban contexts.The book addresses these concerns through a variety of topics, including digital social services, as cities use data and automated systems to administer to citizens; education, as data-driven practices transform learning and higher education; labour, as platforms create new precarities and risks for workers; and activists and artists who seek to make creative and political interventions. They propose frameworks for understanding how data-driven technologies affect citizens' rights at the municipal scale and offer strategies for intervention by both scholars and citizens.

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