2024 T2M Annual Conference | Mobilities and Infrastructures: Transitions and Transformations

Session

Smart Mobility and Digital Infrastructures

PS 3

23 Sept 2024, 15:00

Leipzig, Germany

Conveners

Smart Mobility and Digital Infrastructures

• Karol Kurnicki (Leibniz-IfL)

9. Data Mobilities and the Material Geographies of Internet Infrastructures

Finn Dammann (Institut of Geography, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)

23/09/2024, 15:00

Paper

The presentation addresses a current desideratum in critical research on the digital transformation: The foundational infrastructures of digital communication - such as physical cable connections, backbone infrastructures, internet exchange points or content delivery networks - have so far remained largely outside the scope of critical research on digital infrastructures. This is why, for...

13. Material heritage and digital reality: data-managing the past and the sense of history

Elena Tardivo

23/09/2024, 15:15

Paper

This theoretical contribution uses the concept of heritage to investigate possible cultural trajectories resulting from the convergence of two distinct but interconnected phenomena: on the one hand the establishment of a virtual dimension of social life, deeply interwoven with its physical counterpart; and the growing importance of the past as a cultural resource that can be consumed,...

21. Understanding Marginalized Perspectives on Smart Mobility Transition in Hong Kong

Calvin Ming Tsun Lai (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

23/09/2024, 15:30

Paper

When discussing mobility transition, the term “smart” frequently appears as a focal point for policymakers and practitioners. Nowadays, many mobility transition policies heavily rely on technological interventions within mobility networks and infrastructures, assuming that smart mobility is the sole trajectory of the current mobility transition. However, amidst this plausible narrative,...