Kitchin, Rob (2017) The time scape of smart cities. SocArXiv. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

To date, critical examinations of smart cities have largely ignored their temporality. In this paper I consider smart cities from a temporal perspective arguing that they produce a new timescape and constitute space-time machines. The first half of the paper examines temporal relations and rhythms, exploring how smart cities are the products of and contribute to space-time compression, create new urban polyrhythms, alter the practices of scheduling, and change the pace and tempos of everyday activities. The second half of the paper details how smart cities shape the nature of temporal modalities, considering how they reframe and utilise the relationship between the past, present and future. The analysis draws from a set of 43 interviews conducted in Dublin, Ireland, and highlights that much of the power of smart urbanism is derived from how it produces a new timescape, rather than simply reconfiguring spatial relations.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	time; timescape; temporality; space-time; smart cities; rhythm; pace; tempo; scheduling; real-time; past; present; future;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography
Item ID:	9038
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/Y4E8P
Depositing User:	Prof. Rob Kitchin
Date Deposited:	28 Nov 2017 10:39
Journal or Publication Title:	SocArXiv
Publisher:	Cornell University
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Organisation
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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