TY - JOUR AU - Jordan, Spencer PY - 2016/01/11 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Hacking the streets: ‘Smart’ writing in the smart city JF - First Monday JA - FM VL - 21 IS - 1 SE - DO - 10.5210/fm.v21i1.5529 UR - https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/5529 SP - AB - <p>As cities become more complex and their communities more dispersed, questions such as ‘where is home?’ and ‘where and how do I belong?’ are increasingly pertinent. If urban space is a system, then it can be challenged through the spatial practice of its citizens. This contestation is examined as a form of hacking, an activity McKenzie Wark defined as the abstraction of new worlds. Drawing on the outcomes of a research project, this paper argues that digitally enabled creative writing can play a fundamental role within this process, enabling the re-appropriation of the smart city by its citizens.</p> ER -