{"596755":{"#nid":"596755","#data":{"type":"news","title":"JafariNaimi Organized Two-Part Panel Discussion \u201cSmart yet (in) Sensible? Feminist Critical Perspective on Smart Cities\u201d Session at 2017 4S Conference ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENassim JafariNaimi, assistant professor at Georgia Institute of Technology\u0026nbsp;School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, organized a two-part panel discussion on smart cities titled \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/krxpr8k\u0022\u003ESmart yet (in) Sensible? Feminist Critical Perspectives on Smart Cities\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rdquo; at the 2017 4S Conference held in Boston on September 2, 2017.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe title of the session referenced this year\u0026rsquo;s conference theme of \u003Cem\u003ESTS (In) Sensibilities\u003C\/em\u003E, which intersected concerns with the way technologies are integrated in cities with little or no attention to their social, political, and human consequences. The panel was conveyed from a collective dissatisfaction with the technology-centered and industry-driven initiatives under the umbrella of smart cities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEight presenters attended the session from a variety of fields \u0026mdash; anthropology, communication, journalism, geography, community development, and computing policy\u0026mdash;representing work from the United States, France, Brazil, and South Korea.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe presentations put forward cases that were attentive to social differences and politics, and highlighted the situated and value-laden nature of smart city projects and initiatives.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJafariNaimi\u0026rsquo;s reflection piece was published as part of the inaugural feature of \u003Cem\u003ETransmissions,\u003C\/em\u003E the companion blog to the \u003Cem\u003EJournal of Social Studies of Science\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the entire reflection piece, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sites.library.queensu.ca\/transmissions\/smart-yet-insensible-feminist-critical-perspectives-on-smart-cities\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETransmission\u0026rsquo;s\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E website.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENassim JafariNaimi, assistant professor at Georgia Institute of Technology\u0026nbsp;School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, organized a two-part panel discussion on smart cities titled \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/krxpr8k\u0022\u003ESmart yet (in) Sensible? Feminist Critical Perspectives on Smart Cities\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rdquo; at the 2017 4S Conference held in Boston on September 2, 2017.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nassim JafariNaimi, assistant professor at Georgia Institute of Technology\u2019s School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) rganized a two-part panel discussion on smart cities. 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