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Tempered Experience: The Educational Foundation Of Democratic Ideology, Nicholas J. Schwarm
Tempered Experience: The Educational Foundation Of Democratic Ideology, Nicholas J. Schwarm
Philosophy Undergraduate
Democracy is a political ideology, one that requires a person to believe in that ideology for it to exist. The contemporary political landscape is dominated by democracies, and for this reason we need to understand how to build and sustain Them. There needs to be a well educated populace of citizens, who are able to engage in democratic actions, and aid the community. What they need is tempered experience, experience that is understood though the knowledge that a citizen already has.
Making A Smart City For The Smart Grid? The Urban Material Politics Of Actualising Smart Electricity Networks, Harriet Bulkeley, Pauline M. Mcguirk, Robyn Dowling
Making A Smart City For The Smart Grid? The Urban Material Politics Of Actualising Smart Electricity Networks, Harriet Bulkeley, Pauline M. Mcguirk, Robyn Dowling
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
In a growing debate about the smart city, considerations of the ways in which urban infrastructures and their materialities are being reconfigured and contested remain in the shadows of analyses which have been primarily concerned with the management and flow of digitalisation and big data in pursuit of new logics for economic growth. In this paper, we examine the ways in which the 'smart city' is being put to work for different ends and through different means. We argue that the co-constitution of the urban as a site for carbon governance and a place where smart energy systems are developed …