Interactive glocalization, informational dromocracy and urban space: smart cities as the refuge of the contemporary techno-utopic imaginary
Keywords:
media civilization, techno-utopic imaginary, informational dromocracy, smart cities, Grande Glocal.Abstract
The article approaches the socio-historical significance of smart cities in the extensive track of the western techno-utopic imaginary. The argumentation policy operates three cumulative movements, as follows: first, it inserts smart cities in the framework of the critical epistemology of the worldwide glocalization and its informational dynamics in real-time; second, it apprehends smart cities in the recent arc of a profound displacement of traditional utopian imaginary patterns in favor of emerging techno-teleologies, linked to digital media and interactive networks; and, third, it mobilizes all necessary fundamentals to characterize smart cities as the last refulgent configuration of the aforementioned techno-utopic imaginary.
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