City networks. People. Technologies. Authorities. Ed. Lapina-Kraatasyuk E., Zaporozhets O.

Today, few doubts that the modern city is created and is changed largely thanks to digital technologies. However, there is still no consent regarding the role of citizens in an intensively technological environment. They are considered both as passive data generators and as obedient technologies. But it is impossible to ignore the fact that the townspeople today are actively involved in the redefinition of digital tools, that they not only master the advantages of networks, but also find their vulnerabilities, begin to influence the technology and control of cities in an increasingly complex and unpredictable way. The activity of citizens question the concept of a smart city as a city of technology, which has been developing under the patronage of IT giants for several decades. The authors of this monograph - sociologists, urbanists, researchers of media and data - set new trends and move from the theme of “smart cities” to “smart citizens”, from “digital optimism” to “digital realism”, from technocentrism to digital anthropology.

Considering the city from the perspective of man, the authors discuss the possibilities and vulnerabilities of the development of network / digital / smart cities, the participation of citizens in the management of the city, its resources and ecology, the features of the formation of network communities - neighboring, urban and global, as well as many others not Always obvious aspects of everyday life - mobility and navigation, city games, understanding and representation of the city.