Digitalisation is changing the way how we define and organize our society, and even citizenship. At the workshop we are looking to see how Digital Citizenship may provide a range of possibilities for inclusivity, other than merely the inherent challenges.
NIAS Digital Urban Citizen fellows dr. Mariangela Veikou and dr. Heleen Janssen examine how the use of digital technologies plays out in the real world. Accessing digital technologies is only part of the problem of our unequal world. From the very notion of citizenship and concerns on equity to the government’s use of digital data generated by private sectors or old structures, our work explores how the use of digital technology might directly or indirectly affect individuals, communities, and the (local) government itself.
Through theoretical and methodological explorations of contemporary law, political philosophy, social theory, interviews and fieldwork research, we study how digitalisation impacts current structures of participation and inclusivity.
Specifically, we explore how: (1) digital tools may shape the way we find solutions or make political decisions over inclusivity in society on sectors traditionally considered sensitive and unbreachable, such as citizenship and nationhood; and (2) data held by private sectors could be shared responsibly with the municipality, thereby respecting the rights and interests of citizens and private sector, respectively.
This meeting took place on March 23rd 2023 at the DataLab Amsterdam.
Watch this video externally on:
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Presentations by dr. Mariangela Veikou and dr. Heleen Janssen.
Chair: prof.dr. Caroline Nevejan.
(All participants agreed on filming and publishing the meeting on openresearch).
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Icon image: Digital Urban Citizenship DataLab 23-3-2023
