BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news351@urbanstudies.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251006T112757 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20251021T181500 SUMMARY:Engaging the City in Digital Worlds: Southern Smart Urbanisms and t he Everyday DESCRIPTION:The smart city discourse has been a dominant feature of city po licies in the last twenty years. Academically the debates have centered ar ound private sector interference in local governance\, and the limitations of what is essentially a continuation of modernist planning. This reflect ion focuses on theoretical and expirical explorations of the ‘real smart city’ in Africa\, and the interface between urban livelihoods\, technol ogy appropriation and the making of places. \\r\\nPlease join us in perso n at the Natural History Museum Basel or via Zoom [https://unibas.zoom.us/ j/67175774328?pwd=pHOzRb1qavoxxgMdAKGNCuOxWWGTkV.1]. X-ALT-DESC:

The smart city discourse has been a dominant feature of city policies in the last twenty years. Academically the debates have centered around private sector interference in local governance\, and the limitatio ns of what is essentially a continuation of modernist planning. This refle ction focuses on theoretical and expirical explorations of the ‘real sma rt city’ in Africa\, and the interface between urban livelihoods\, techn ology appropriation and the making of places. \;

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Please join u s in person at the Natural History Museum Basel or via Zoom.

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