From Smart Cities to Wise Cities: Studying Abroad in Digital Urban Space

Autor/in	Weinberg, Lindsay
Titel	From Smart Cities to Wise Cities: Studying Abroad in Digital Urban Space
Quelle	In: Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 34 (2022) 2, S.11-26 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1085-4568
DOI	10.36366/frontiers.v34i2.571
Schlagwörter	Information Technology; Study Abroad; Course Descriptions; Foreign Countries; Experiential Learning; Inquiry; Active Learning; Urban Planning; Ethics; Power Structure; Critical Race Theory; Ethnic Studies; Socioeconomic Status; Urban Areas; Undergraduate Students; Place Based Education; Cultural Awareness; Intercultural Communication; Interdisciplinary Approach; Technology Education; Canada (Toronto) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informationstechnologie; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Kursstrukturplan; Ausland; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Aktives Lernen; Stadtplanung; Ethik; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Urban area; Stadtregion; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht
Abstract	This article analyzes the impact of experiential and inquiry-based learning exercises in a 2019 Toronto study abroad course on smart cities for first-year students. The course treated the city as a text to be read, analyzed, and unpacked. Students engaged with the disciplines of urban studies, critical race and ethnic studies, and surveillance studies in order to assess Toronto's smart city initiative while exploring firsthand how technology and urban planning currently structure the lived experiences of Toronto's inhabitants. Ultimately, students came to understand how data analytics order, pattern, and structure the complexity of urban life in ways that can be inclusionary and exclusionary, democratic and autocratic. They gained an appreciation for why a range of stakeholders with disparate social and economic power perceive smart city initiatives differently, and they theorized what it might mean to live in a wise city that accounts for history, ethics, and power. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01