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Real Smart Cities

The Real Smart Cities theoretical thread has been weaving itself for almost 5 years and represents an example of contributory research carried out by researchers from various disciplines and countries. It has been contributory research in constant progress, a conceptual experimentation with iterations in action overtime, in which the contributions of each discipline have been entangled with the contributions of others, manifesting not a flat harmony or homogeneity, but precisely a heterogeneity and a metastable balance. In this sense, the results of the research are awaiting further reflection at another level as theoretical experimentations in the epistemological, aesthetic, ecological, juridical, clinical, ethical and political fields.The overarching objective of the ReaLsMs was to develop and implement a perspective on the Smart City through critical humanities research and innovation in the context of Digital Studies.Bring a new perspective to the Smart City and Data City from Digital Studies that emphasises the articulation of the algorithmic process, human interaction with technology and different areas of knowledge development in order extend understanding of citizen capacity (WP1),to Illuminate the “black box” regarding Smart City technologies and Big Data for citizens to increase knowledge of and influence over data collection and subsequent use of data (WP2). To Experiment and introduce new forms of citizen participation in the Data City (WP3).With secondments and deliverables delayed throughout the COViD 19 pandemic the second reporting period saw the development of key philosophical concepts of locality, contributory research and contributory economy. The project became much more visible through its alliance with the internation.com group and the development of the association for the friends of Greta Thunberg, this culminated in a press conference with the united nations in Jan 2020 and the publication of the collective work Bifurquer available through Open Humanities Press. Unfortunately, one of the key philosophers in the project, prof Bernard Stiegle passed away tragically in August 2020. Throughout the second reporting period, the conceptual framework of digital studies and smart cities moved towards the notion of local territory. This has lead to the development of a second MSCA SE project entitled Networking Ecologically Smart Territoires (NesT) which started in September 2021.

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