Scaling Material Urban Commons
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DOI of the original publication
Project type
angewandte Forschung
Project start
01.09.2021
Project end
31.08.2024
Project status
abgeschlossen
Project contact
Bedö, Viktor
Project manager
Contributors
Description
Abstract
Scaling Material Urban Commons is a speculative city-making project investigating automated logistics for commoning material urban commons, such as rescued food. It postulates that some forms of material commons require different forms of beyond-hyperlocal scale commoning. The project critically investigates and prototypes technological and sociotechnical conditions for city-wide commoning of material urban commons, using a predictive-algorithm-based system emulator that orchestrates pickup and drop-off of rescued food in Basel and London. Introducing predictive technology shifts the site of commoning closer towards an algorithm-driven platform, which raises following key questions: What frictions emerge from changing scale in commoning? How to reconcile predictive technologies with local, idiosyncratic food cultures? How to engage in commoning with algorithmic agents in participatory settings? By addressing these questions, the project aims at creating imaginaries of commoning-based smart city alternatives.
Created during FHNW affiliation
Yes
Strategic action fields FHNW
School
Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel FHNW
Institute
Institut Experimentelle Design- und Medienkulturen
Financed by
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF)
Project partner
Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths, University of London
Contracting authority
SAP reference
Keywords
urban scales
commoning infrastructure
alternative smart city imaginaries
commoning infrastructure
alternative smart city imaginaries