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Title	The Timescape Of Smart Cities
ID_Doc	57020
Authors	Kitchin, R
Year	2019
Published	ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GEOGRAPHERS, 109, 3
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2018.1497475
Abstract	To date, critical examinations of smart cities have largely ignored their temporality. In this article, I consider smart cities from a spatiotemporal perspective, arguing that they produce a new timescape and constitute space-time machines. The first half of the article examines spatiotemporal relations and rhythms, exploring how smart cities are the products of and contribute to space-time compression, create new urban polyrhythms, alter the practices of scheduling, and change the pace and tempos of everyday activities. The second half of the article details how smart cities shape the nature of temporal modalities, considering how they reframe and utilize the relationship among the past, present, and future. The analysis draws from a set of forty-three interviews conducted in Dublin, Ireland, and highlights that much of the power of smart urbanism is derived from how it produces a new timescape, rather than simply reconfiguring spatial relations.
Author Keywords	smart cities; space-time; temporality; time; timescape

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