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Toward Digital Democracy, E-Planning and E-Participation Practices: The Use and Value of ICTs in the Digital Era
As information and communication technology (ICT) has become widely available, user-friendly innovations such as open-source software and, mobile applications have rapidly reframed the ways we share, collect, produce, and manage information in all spheres of our network society. In Brazil, emerging digital tools and new media have gained increasing recognition among urban professionals to devise urban planning and management for the more efficient use of public resources. Similarly, grassroots organizations have realized the power of digital features to actively engage citizens as well as to highlight spatial inequalities as a way to advocate social changes by exposing communities’ needs and raising the voices of those who historically haven’t been heard. While this potentially changes the narratives of people living in marginalized communities and strengthens local networks, it is not clear yet whether better access to technology has necessarily translated into more effective citizen participation and democratic processes, especially in urban vulnerable contexts. Drawing from a decolonizing approach to social theories and planning, this study focuses on interrogating the dilemmas of digital technology development and electronic participation through a Latin American perspective.
Toward Digital Democracy, E-Planning and E-Participation Practices: The Use and Value of ICTs in the Digital Era
As information and communication technology (ICT) has become widely available, user-friendly innovations such as open-source software and, mobile applications have rapidly reframed the ways we share, collect, produce, and manage information in all spheres of our network society. In Brazil, emerging digital tools and new media have gained increasing recognition among urban professionals to devise urban planning and management for the more efficient use of public resources. Similarly, grassroots organizations have realized the power of digital features to actively engage citizens as well as to highlight spatial inequalities as a way to advocate social changes by exposing communities’ needs and raising the voices of those who historically haven’t been heard. While this potentially changes the narratives of people living in marginalized communities and strengthens local networks, it is not clear yet whether better access to technology has necessarily translated into more effective citizen participation and democratic processes, especially in urban vulnerable contexts. Drawing from a decolonizing approach to social theories and planning, this study focuses on interrogating the dilemmas of digital technology development and electronic participation through a Latin American perspective.
Toward Digital Democracy, E-Planning and E-Participation Practices: The Use and Value of ICTs in the Digital Era
Sustainable Development Goals Series
Rubbo, Anna (editor) / Du, Juan (editor) / Thomsen, Mette Ramsgaard (editor) / Tamke, Martin (editor) / Ragi Eis Mendonca, Bruno (author) / De la Llata, Silvano (author)
World Congress of Architects ; 2023 ; Copenhagen, Denmark
2023-09-20
11 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
| Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2023
| Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2021
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| Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2024