Smart Feminist Cities: The Case of Barcelona en Comú
Abstract
Barcelona en Comú, the feminist political platform currently running the city of Barcelona, is cultivating a Smart Feminist City aiming to put technology at the service of the people rather than, for example, selling citizen data to corporations. This paper extends Elizabeth Grosz’s theorisation of the Bodies-Cities interface to a Bodies-Cities-Technologies interface to think through the implications of the ways in which a feminist city such as Barcelona is reversing the neoliberal Smart City paradigm through its harnessing of technology to use for the common good and to challenge social discrimination. In doing so, this paper prompts us to think through the implications of these changes on the production of subjectivities through the Bodies-Cities-Technologies interface.
Abstract
Barcelona en Comú, the feminist political platform currently running the city of Barcelona, is cultivating a Smart Feminist City aiming to put technology at the service of the people rather than, for example, selling citizen data to corporations. This paper extends Elizabeth Grosz’s theorisation of the Bodies-Cities interface to a Bodies-Cities-Technologies interface to think through the implications of the ways in which a feminist city such as Barcelona is reversing the neoliberal Smart City paradigm through its harnessing of technology to use for the common good and to challenge social discrimination. In doing so, this paper prompts us to think through the implications of these changes on the production of subjectivities through the Bodies-Cities-Technologies interface.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Table of Contents VII
- Abbreviations XI
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Part I: Introduction
- Women Philosophers on Economics, Technology, Environment and Gender History. Shaping the Future – Rethinking the Past. 1
- The Beginnings: A Retrospective View by a Former Board Member of the IAPh 13
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Part II: Economics, Technology, Environment
- Economic Theory and Moral Imagination 23
- Ecology and Economy. Feminist Perspectives 35
- Towards a Feminist Theory of Money. Patriarchal Economic Structures, the Aristotelian Concept of Justice and the Intermediacy of Money 45
- Gender Justice and Ecological Issues 57
- Sultana’s Dream: Eco[U]topian and Feminist Intersections 69
- Ontogenealogies of Body-Environments: Perspectives for an Experiential Ontological Shift 81
- Women, Nature and Neocolonial Struggles: Different Perspectives on Indigenous Women’s Position 97
- From Cyberfeminism and Technofeminism to an Ontological and Feminist Technology 109
- The Third Knowledge Dimension: From a Binary System to a Three-limbed Epistemology 119
- Social Machines in a Data-driven World 129
- Smart Feminist Cities: The Case of Barcelona en Comú 137
- User Experience as Enlightenment: User Experience for Women Philosophers’ Presentation 147
- Artificial Intelligence in Ancient Rome: Classical Roman Philosophy on Legal Subjectivity 157
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Part III: History (Non-Western and Western)
- Pursuits of Global Gendered Intellectual History: Stories from India 171
- Yosano Akikoʼs Philosophy and Poetry – Modernization of Japan and Womenʼs Liberation 191
- A Philosophical Defense of Self-Defense: Examining Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’ Reply to Sor Filotea 203
- Le rôle des oeuvres de Rousseau dans les mouvements féministes en Chine moderne 217
- Mind of Nature: Cavendish’s Argument for Panpsychism 235
- First Principles: The Path to Women’s Emancipation in Wollstonecraft’s Rights of Woman 249
- Women’s Access to French Philosophy: A Forgotten History (1880–1924) 261
- Hannah Höch: Notes on Violence and Vulnerability 271
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Part IV: Gender Issues and Feminist Concepts
- Feminist Philosophy and Democracy: The Case of Spain 285
- Gender Equality in Colombia’s Philosophy Programs: Faculty Participation 295
- Teaching Islamic Feminisms in the History of Philosophy in Mexico: A Decolonial and Feminist Effort 323
- From Self-awareness to Political and Social Improvement: A Feminist Identitarian Path 335
- “Je me révolte, donc nous sommes”: Reconceptualizing Contemporary Refugee Resistances through the Butlerian Reconstruction of Hannah Arendt’s Public Sphere 347
- Covid-19 and “Stay at Home”: A Contrast Dye That Highlights Gender Violence and the Violence of Inequity 361
- A New-old Topos for the Future. Rethinking and Rediscovering Oneself as Human 371
- Contributors to This Volume 381
- Index of Names 389
- Index of Subjects 393
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Table of Contents VII
- Abbreviations XI
-
Part I: Introduction
- Women Philosophers on Economics, Technology, Environment and Gender History. Shaping the Future – Rethinking the Past. 1
- The Beginnings: A Retrospective View by a Former Board Member of the IAPh 13
-
Part II: Economics, Technology, Environment
- Economic Theory and Moral Imagination 23
- Ecology and Economy. Feminist Perspectives 35
- Towards a Feminist Theory of Money. Patriarchal Economic Structures, the Aristotelian Concept of Justice and the Intermediacy of Money 45
- Gender Justice and Ecological Issues 57
- Sultana’s Dream: Eco[U]topian and Feminist Intersections 69
- Ontogenealogies of Body-Environments: Perspectives for an Experiential Ontological Shift 81
- Women, Nature and Neocolonial Struggles: Different Perspectives on Indigenous Women’s Position 97
- From Cyberfeminism and Technofeminism to an Ontological and Feminist Technology 109
- The Third Knowledge Dimension: From a Binary System to a Three-limbed Epistemology 119
- Social Machines in a Data-driven World 129
- Smart Feminist Cities: The Case of Barcelona en Comú 137
- User Experience as Enlightenment: User Experience for Women Philosophers’ Presentation 147
- Artificial Intelligence in Ancient Rome: Classical Roman Philosophy on Legal Subjectivity 157
-
Part III: History (Non-Western and Western)
- Pursuits of Global Gendered Intellectual History: Stories from India 171
- Yosano Akikoʼs Philosophy and Poetry – Modernization of Japan and Womenʼs Liberation 191
- A Philosophical Defense of Self-Defense: Examining Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’ Reply to Sor Filotea 203
- Le rôle des oeuvres de Rousseau dans les mouvements féministes en Chine moderne 217
- Mind of Nature: Cavendish’s Argument for Panpsychism 235
- First Principles: The Path to Women’s Emancipation in Wollstonecraft’s Rights of Woman 249
- Women’s Access to French Philosophy: A Forgotten History (1880–1924) 261
- Hannah Höch: Notes on Violence and Vulnerability 271
-
Part IV: Gender Issues and Feminist Concepts
- Feminist Philosophy and Democracy: The Case of Spain 285
- Gender Equality in Colombia’s Philosophy Programs: Faculty Participation 295
- Teaching Islamic Feminisms in the History of Philosophy in Mexico: A Decolonial and Feminist Effort 323
- From Self-awareness to Political and Social Improvement: A Feminist Identitarian Path 335
- “Je me révolte, donc nous sommes”: Reconceptualizing Contemporary Refugee Resistances through the Butlerian Reconstruction of Hannah Arendt’s Public Sphere 347
- Covid-19 and “Stay at Home”: A Contrast Dye That Highlights Gender Violence and the Violence of Inequity 361
- A New-old Topos for the Future. Rethinking and Rediscovering Oneself as Human 371
- Contributors to This Volume 381
- Index of Names 389
- Index of Subjects 393
