Interactive glocalization, informational dromocracy and urban space: smart cities as the refuge of the contemporary techno-utopic imaginary

Abstract

The article approaches the socio-historical significance of smart cities in the extensive track of the western techno-utopic imaginary. The argumentation policy operates three cumulative movements, as follows: first, it inserts smart cities in the framework of the critical epistemology of the worldwide glocalization and its informational dynamics in real-time; second, it apprehends smart cities in the recent arc of a profound displacement of traditional utopian imaginary patterns in favor of emerging techno-teleologies, linked to digital media and interactive networks; and, third, it mobilizes all necessary fundamentals to characterize smart cities as the last refulgent configuration of the aforementioned techno-utopic imaginary.

Keywords media civilization; techno-utopic imaginary; informational dromocracy; smart cities; Grande Glocal