Abstract
In this frontline article, blending techno-political and city-regional assemblages, Igor Calzada discusses how the algorithmic, AI (Artificial Intelligence)-driven, and post-GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) European realm affects citizenship. Drawing on evidence from previous publications, and particularly stemming from his case study of Barcelona, he builds upon a rationale through which citizens, at least in European cities and regions—unlike in the U.S. and China—are increasingly being considered decision-makers rather than mere passive data providers. He elucidates that Europe is now likely to speak with its own voice by taking the lead of the technological humanism approach, and for the first time globally by opening up an avant-garde, strategic AI overarching vision, wherein cities could federate themselves within a networked regional ecosystem and claim technological sovereignty in order to protect digital rights of their fellow citizens.
Highlights
European RealmBy Igor Calzada (Urban Transformations/Future of Cities, COMPAS, University of Oxford, UK)
The purpose of this article is to delineate a pervasive transitional momentum in Europe to protect citizens’ digital rights through data ownership in the aftermath of algorithmic disruption
As shown through the case study of Barcelona, this piece of research depicts the key role that technological sovereignty could play by federating cities and regions in Europe into a city-regional ecosystem in order to protect citizens’ digital rights
Summary
By Igor Calzada (Urban Transformations/Future of Cities, COMPAS, University of Oxford, UK). Drawing on evidence from previous publications, and stemming from his case study of Barcelona, he builds upon a rationale through which citizens, at least in European cities and regions—unlike in the U.S and China—are increasingly being considered decision-makers rather than mere passive data providers. He elucidates that Europe is likely to speak with its own voice by taking the lead of the technological humanism approach, and for the first time globally by opening up an avant-garde, strategic AI overarching vision, wherein cities could federate themselves within a networked regional ecosystem and claim technological sovereignty in order to protect digital rights of their fellow citizens
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