Underneath the Promise of Safety and Security in a 'Smart City
An Ethnographic Study of Eindhoven’s Living Lab Stratumseind
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2652009 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sofie Doorman (University of Amsterdam, corresponding author), Brunilda Pali (0000-0002-2280-6625, KU Leuven) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 78-110 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Extreme Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2535-3241 • E-ISSN: 2535-3241 |
| Publisher | University of Oslo Library (PUBLISHER • NO) |
| DOI | 10.5617/jea.8466 |
| OpenAlex | W3193772798 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 33 |
In this article, we explore the promises of security that are embedded in the smart city technologies and algorithms and their potential implications for creating social inequality and discrimination. Our ethnographic case study is the Living Lab Stratumseind, a popular nightlife street in Eindhoven where smart technologies and algorithms are being tested with the aim of increasing security in the street. First, we introduce the context in which the Living Lab Stratumseind was developed and trace this development and the multiple forms of governance that characterise it and highlight the main 'smart technologies' that can be found there. Second, we focus our attention on the ways in which smart technologies and algorithms promise to enhance public security by directly and uncritically translating technological rationales and discourses into social domains. Third, we argue that the smart city technologies and algorithms risk to create, reproduce and reinforce social inequalities and discrimination, and that it is unclear who is responsible for these unanticipated consequences
Business · Computer security · Corporate governance · Critical security studies · Data science · Emerging technologies · Ethnography · Geography · Inequality · Information security · Internet of Things · Internet privacy · Network security policy · Political science · Security service · Smart city · Social inequality · Sociology · Computer Science · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection · Smart Cities and Technologies · Artificial Intelligence
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |