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Smart Cities and the Digital Geographies of Technical Memory

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ID4840237
AuthorsJames Ash (0000-0002-7693-8201, University of Newcastle Australia, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume109
Issue1
Pages161-172
Publication date2019-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnals of the American Association of Geographers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2469-4452 • E-ISSN: 2469-4460
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/24694452.2018.1489214
OpenAlexW2904877643
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited57

This article interrogates the concept of technical memory in relation to smart city systems. Using the example of the UK air pollution monitoring system Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN) and how information from this system is displayed in smartphone air monitoring apps, the article theorizes the memory of smart systems. Developing the work of Garcia, the article rethinks Stiegler’s retentional accounts of technical memory, which suggest that memory is held or inscribed on or within a particular technical object. To do this it argues that technical memory can be productively considered as a form of artificial comprehension. Here, the memory of smart systems is analyzed through a variety of logics that disclose particular qualities of objects for particular purposes, which shapes how people make sense of and respond to their environment. Through the example of AURN, the article suggests that the concept of artificial comprehension is useful for geographers studying a range of smart and nonsmart technical systems. Key Words: air pollution, apps, Smart City, smartphones, technical memory.本文探讨关于智能城市系统的科技记忆之概念。本文运用英国空气污染监测系统“自动城乡网” (AURN) 以及此一系统的信息如何在智能手机监测应用软件中展现之案例,理论化智能系统的记忆。本文发展加西亚的研究,再思考施蒂格勒的科技记忆的保留之说法,该说法指出记忆是保存在特定科技物品之内、抑或铭刻在该物品之上或之中。为了达到上述目的,本文主张,科技记忆能够具生产性地考量为人工理解的形式。于此,智能系统的记忆,通过为了特定目的揭露物品的特定品质的一系列逻辑进行分析,这些逻辑形塑人们如何理解并回应其所处环境的方式。本文通过AURN的案例,主张智能理解的概念,对于研究一系列智能与非智能科技系统的地理学者而言相当有用。 关键词: 空气污染, 应用软件, 智能城市, 智能手机, 科技记忆。Este artículo examina el concepto de memoria técnica en relación con los sistemas de las ciudades inteligentes. Usando el ejemplo de la Red Urbana y Rural Automática (AURN) del sistema de monitoreo de polución aérea del RU y el modo como la información de este sistema se despliega en las aplicaciones de monitoreo del aire en los teléfonos inteligentes, el artículo teoriza la memoria de los sistemas inteligentes. Desarrollando el trabajo de García, el artículo repiensa los recuentos retencionales de Stiegler sobre memoria técnica, que sugieren que la memoria técnica es conservada o inscrita en o dentro de un objeto técnico particular. Para hacer esto se arguye que la memoria técnica puede ser considerada productivamente como una forma de comprensión artificial. En este caso, la memoria de los sistemas inteligentes se analiza a través de una variedad de lógicas que revelan las cualidades particulares de los objetos para propósitos particulares, las cuales expresan cómo la gente le encuentra sentido a su entorno, y reacciona ante el mismo. Por medio del ejemplo de la AURN, el artículo sugiere que el concepto de comprensión artificial es de utilidad a los geógrafos que estudian una gama de sistemas técnicos inteligentes y convencionales. Palabras clave: polución aérea, aplicaciones, Ciudad Inteligente, teléfonos inteligentes, memoria técnica

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Citations per year0,67
Citation span2020 - 2026 (7)
Citation velocitycurrent
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