Characterising and reassessing people-centred data governance in cities
The increasing deployment of digital infrastructures in cities highlights challenges in how people shape the conditions of data production that shape their cities and lives. As such, the need to centre data governance (DG) models around people is amplified. This paper unpacks and reassesses how peop...
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| description | The increasing deployment of digital infrastructures in cities highlights challenges in how people shape the conditions of data production that shape their cities and lives. As such, the need to centre data governance (DG) models around people is amplified. This paper unpacks and reassesses how people-centredness materialises at the level of DG in cities by conducting a scoping review of the literature on people-centred data governance (PCDG) in cities. Utilising twelve extraction categories framed by the conceptualisation of DG as a socio-technical system, this review synthesises identified themes and outlines six archetypes. PCDG is characterised by people-centred values; the inclusion of people as agents, beneficiaries, or enablers; the employment of mechanisms for engaging people; or the pursuit of people-centred goals. These coalesce into diverse PCDG archetypes including compensation, rights-based, civic deliberation, civic representation, data donations, and community-driven models. The paper proposes a nuanced reassessment of what constitutes PCDG, focusing on whether DG models include people in the emergent benefits of data or merely legitimise their exclusion, the extent to which embedded power dynamics reflect people’s perspectives, the extent to which participation influences decision-making, and the model’s capacity to balance power asymmetries underpinning the landscape in which it is situated. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dab6288582ac4cc69d92ce71b8b7a38c2025-01-08T06:12:04ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainable Cities2624-96342025-01-01610.3389/frsc.2024.15186181518618Characterising and reassessing people-centred data governance in citiesJessica Bou Nassar0Antonio Calleja-López1Darren Sharp2Misita Anwar3Lyn Bartram4Sarah Goodwin5Department of Human-Centred Computing, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaInternet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona, SpainMonash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaDepartment of Human-Centred Computing, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaSchool of Interactive Arts, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, CanadaDepartment of Human-Centred Computing, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaThe increasing deployment of digital infrastructures in cities highlights challenges in how people shape the conditions of data production that shape their cities and lives. As such, the need to centre data governance (DG) models around people is amplified. This paper unpacks and reassesses how people-centredness materialises at the level of DG in cities by conducting a scoping review of the literature on people-centred data governance (PCDG) in cities. Utilising twelve extraction categories framed by the conceptualisation of DG as a socio-technical system, this review synthesises identified themes and outlines six archetypes. PCDG is characterised by people-centred values; the inclusion of people as agents, beneficiaries, or enablers; the employment of mechanisms for engaging people; or the pursuit of people-centred goals. These coalesce into diverse PCDG archetypes including compensation, rights-based, civic deliberation, civic representation, data donations, and community-driven models. The paper proposes a nuanced reassessment of what constitutes PCDG, focusing on whether DG models include people in the emergent benefits of data or merely legitimise their exclusion, the extent to which embedded power dynamics reflect people’s perspectives, the extent to which participation influences decision-making, and the model’s capacity to balance power asymmetries underpinning the landscape in which it is situated.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsc.2024.1518618/fulldata governancepeople-centriccitiessmart initiativessocio-technical system |
| spellingShingle | Jessica Bou Nassar Antonio Calleja-López Darren Sharp Misita Anwar Lyn Bartram Sarah Goodwin Characterising and reassessing people-centred data governance in cities Frontiers in Sustainable Cities data governance people-centric cities smart initiatives socio-technical system |
| title | Characterising and reassessing people-centred data governance in cities |
| title_full | Characterising and reassessing people-centred data governance in cities |
| title_fullStr | Characterising and reassessing people-centred data governance in cities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterising and reassessing people-centred data governance in cities |
| title_short | Characterising and reassessing people-centred data governance in cities |
| title_sort | characterising and reassessing people centred data governance in cities |
| topic | data governance people-centric cities smart initiatives socio-technical system |
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