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Title	The Toronto Public Library As A Site Of Urban Care, Social Repair, And Maintenance In The Smart City
ID_Doc	57023
Authors	Abbruzzese T.; Riley A.
Year	2021
Published	Care and the City: Encounters with Urban Studies
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003031536-18
Abstract	This chapter argues that public libraries, currently being reconfigured as entrepreneurial incubators and social hubs, are contradictory sites of urban care that mediate and mobilize the technocratic logic of the smart city. The chapter conceptualizes a feminist ethic of care and the politics of repair and maintenance to highlight how libraries are digital agents in the competitive city model. Informed by a qualitative case study, we unpack the role of the Toronto Public Library in smart city discussions and initiatives as ‘enablers’ and ‘leaders’ in the digital economy, and shed light on how librarians navigate tensions between their digital and social repair mandates. This chapter raises new questions about libraries as critical spaces of social infrastructure under neoliberal conditions. © 2022 selection and editorial matter, Angelika Gabauer, Sabine Knierbein, Nir Cohen, Henrik Lebuhn, Kim Trogal, Tihomir Viderman, and Tigran Haas; individual chapters, the contributors.
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