Worlding infrastructure in the global South: Philippine experiments and the art of being ‘smart’

Morgan Mouton

Urban Studies, 2021, vol. 58, issue 3, 621-638

Abstract: This article explores the material dimensions of ‘smart city’ initiatives in the context of postcolonial cities where urban utilities are qualified as deficient. It argues that while such projects may very well be another manifestation of urban entrepreneurialism, they should not be dismissed as an already-outdated research object. Rather, they can be analysed in light of postcolonial cities’ development agenda. Here, I document and analyse the ongoing construction of New Clark City, a smart city project that is envisioned by the current Philippine state administration as a solution to the crisis that Metro Manila’s urban infrastructure is going through. In doing so, I seek to integrate Science and Technology Studies’ insights on infrastructure provision with the literature on worlding efforts in cities of the global South.

Keywords: infrastructure provision; Mega-Manila; provincialising; smart city; splintering urbanism; worlding; 基础设施供应; 大马尼拉; è¡Œçœ åŒ–; 智慧城市; 分裂的城市化; 世界化 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098019891011

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