Envisaging Dataist Modernity - The Construction of Edinburgh's Innovation Apparatus

The Edinburgh and South-East Scotland City Region Deal (CRD) constitutes a long-term infrastructure investment that is designed to transform the city region into the »Data Capital of Europe«. Drawing on science and technology studies and urban studies, Nicolas Zehner explores the question of who gets to imagine what kinds of urban-regional futures by investigating the emergence and early implementation of this large, multi-stakeholder urban-regional development project. Demonstrating the growing influence of universities in shaping desirable futures, he introduces the notion of "dataist modernity" to characterise the contemporary relationship between science, technology and urban planning.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Arndt, Nicolas Zehner
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2025
• EAN: 9783837675290
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-7529-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 17 mm x 225 mm
• Weight: 483 g
• Illustrations: 24 schw.-w. u. 13 farb. Abb.
• Series: Science Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Soziologie, Innovation, City, Wissenschaft, Technologie und Gesellschaft, Space, Technology, Media Studies, Digitalization, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Business & Economics / General, Economics, finance, business & management, Sociology of Technology, Humangeographie, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Urban Planning, Urban Studies, Economics, Edinburgh, Smart City, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Social interaction, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions, Communities, Politics & government, Political structure & processes, Political structures: democracy, Production, Political Economy, universities, Impact of science & technology on society, Human Geography, Sociology and anthropology, Central government policies, Sociotechnical Imaginaries, Culture and institutions, The political process, Factors affecting social behavior, Systems of governments and states, Political science (Politics and government), Higher education (Tertiary education)