Abstract
This entry explores stories STS scholars tell about cities: a tale of field formation and transformation, as well as how the urban has de-centred the object of STS. We retell stories about cities as socio-technical infrastructures. Then we focus on stories about urban natures, activist ecologists, the city as a geological intervention, and untameable nonhuman atmospheric elements. Finally, we engage with stories about how participation and do-it-yourself activism in the infrastructuring of urban worlds re-shape what we take the city to be. Each section retells iconic stories and rehearses some key STS insights attached to them.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Elgar Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Studies |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. |
| Pages | 533-542 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781800377998 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781800377981 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2024 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cities
- Do it yourself
- Ecologies
- Infrastructures
- STS
- Urban