Data Justice and the Right to the City

• Other Authors: Currie, Morgan (Editor), Knox, Jeremy (Editor), McGregor, Callum (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh University Press 2023
• Subjects: Human rights; Political Science; Human Rights
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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. These concerns are addressed through a variety of topics: digital social services, as cities use data and algorithms 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 who seek to make creative and political interventions into these developments. This edited collection proposes frameworks for understanding the effects of data-driven technologies at the municipal scale and offers strategies for intervention by both scholars and citizens.