Platform commoning as a path to social justice in the datafied city

Laura Temmerman and Dorottya Varga

Chapter 16 in Handbook of Platform Urbanism, 2025, pp 212-225 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Platform urbanism, driven by data-centred digital systems, has enabled the rise of platform capitalism – a model characterised by data extraction and the conversion of less commercialised activities into market-oriented domains. This has led to issues of commodification, exploitation and disempowerment, raising questions about the democratic and inclusive nature of platform technologies. While scholars acknowledge the potential for alternative models, there is currently a lack of well-elaborated alternative conceptualisations. The chapter proposes ‘platform commoning’ as an alternative model. By drawing parallels between the commons logic and the social justice theories of the Right to the City of Lefebvre and Parity of Participation of Fraser, the chapter starts to conceptualise how platform commoning can advance social justice within the datafied city.

Keywords: Platform urbanism; Platform commoning; Urban commons; Digital commons; Digitalisation; Urbanisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035313754
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