Project title
Urban Citizenship, Rituals and Digital Literacy. A Psycho-Digital-Geography Book.
Research question
Starting with an interdisciplinary theoretical background between urban sociology and digital geography: How can municipalities implement digital tools that are accountable and inclusive? To what extent is digital literacy preventing an exacerbation of existing spatial inequalities?
Project description
Digital technologies interfere with urban citizenship, affecting the relationship of trust between governments and dwellers. Being a dweller in a city has to do with agencies, literacies and socio-spatial rituals. Considering algorithmic accountability, inclusion and transparency, this project explores digital tactics, rituals, and the degree of literacy around crucial issues such as sustainability and spatial unevenness. The digital literacy of citizens can be a crucial factor in preventing exclusion and exacerbating urban inequalities. By working closely with the Municipality of Amsterdam, the aim is to generate knowledge and productive interactions between local authorities and citizens. The contribution is to observe the political implications of these practices and respond to the critical question: How can municipalities implement digital tools that are accountable and inclusive? The societal relevance of the research project lies in the collaboration with the local political ecosystem and different urban communities in the Dutch context.
Selected publications
- Chiappini, Letizia. (2023). Collective Pleasure Against Platform Dystopia. Making&Breaking, 03. Centre of Applied Research for Art, Design and Technology.
- Chiappini, Letizia. (2020). The Urban Digital Platform. Instances from Milan and Amsterdam. Urban Planning 5(4). https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v5i4.3417
- Bogers, Loes and Chiappini, Letizia. (2019). The Critical Makers Reader: (Un)learning Technology. INC Reader, N. 12. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures.