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The smart city : a rhetorical analysis of actors and their smart city narratives
When I first started this blog on Medium, it was to prepare for the writing of my Master’s thesis at the University of Texas at Austin.
Patrick Russell
Feb 15, 2017
The Smart City—Technocratic or Democratic?
The Smart City—Technocratic or Democratic?
A debate has been brewing in the smart city movement about who exactly makes the smart city a reality. Will it be the people—those who…
Patrick Russell
Dec 16, 2015
Who Owns the Smart City: Corporations or Governments?
Who Owns the Smart City: Corporations or Governments?
I’ve sensed a lot of anxiety about smart cities as of late.
Patrick Russell
Nov 13, 2015
Ride-share: The Good, The Bad, & The Possibilities
Ride-share: The Good, The Bad, & The Possibilities
I’ll just come out and say it: Ride-sharing, through the likes of Uber and Lyft, is going to radically upend urban life as we know it. Like…
Patrick Russell
Sep 26, 2015
Design-Thinkers Will Build the Smart City
Design-Thinkers Will Build the Smart City
Without engineers, we will not have smart cities. After all, it is the engineers who have either already given us, will give us, or will…
Patrick Russell
Sep 19, 2015
Smart Cities in Japan; Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town
Smart Cities in Japan; Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town
This past summer I spent a month in Japan at the Rikkyo University Economics Research Institute studying the emergence of smart cities…
Patrick Russell
Aug 29, 2015
A Summary of Townsend’s Book, SMART CITIES.
A Summary of Townsend’s Book, SMART CITIES.
In academia, there is this self-defeating, and sometimes pernicious, protection of “my work,” “my ideas,” and “my writing,” all of which I…
Patrick Russell
Aug 14, 2015
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