Urban digitization and financial capitalism: Interview with Saskia Sassen

Saskia Sassen; Ulrich Ufer

doi:10.14512/tatup.30.1.70

Urban digitization and financial capitalism: Interview with Saskia Sassen

Authors

Saskia Sassen Department of Sociology, Columbia University (USA) sjs2@columbia.edu
Ulrich Ufer Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Deutschland) ulrich.ufer@kit.edu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.30.1.70

Keywords:

smart cities, urban planning, urban digitization, technology assessment, capitalism

Abstract

In this interview Saskia Sassen addresses the potentials and pitfalls of urban digitization with a particular focus on the urban manifestations of financial capitalism and the risks of extractivist urban economies.

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Published

2021-03-31

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 1 (2021): Climate-neutral and intelligent cities in Europe. Mission statements, paths, risks

Section

Interview

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

“Urban Digitization and Financial Capitalism: Interview With Saskia Sassen”. 2021. TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie Und Praxis 30 (1): 70-73. https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.30.1.70.