Author: Vanessa Koetz

Activist lawyer. Holds a Bachelors and a Masters Degree in Law from PUC-SP. Member of the study and research group "Violence in Dark Times" at the Center for the Violence’ Studies at the University of São Paulo. Served as Directress for Brazilian Institute of Urban Rights and Legal Coordinator for a State Parliamentary Mandate. Feminist, advocates for human and collective rights, law and technology, right to the city and urban environment. Fellow and Project Directress at Coding Rights.

A Critique of Smart Cities: What they are and who they (theoretically) serve

It is not new that there is a tendency among public authority managers to promote the concept of smart cities to justify any actions to implement technology without discussing in depth its purposes. Cameras, facial recognition, sensors, smart meters, wi-fi, etc. are brought to the municipal public space while disclosing little to no information to […]