DIGITAL PUBLIC SPACE FOR A DIGITAL SOCIETY: A REVIEW OF PUBLIC SPACES IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Year 2021, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 127 - 137, 31.12.2021

Fatemeh Badel , Jesús López Baeza

Abstract

What is the relation between digital technologies and public spaces? Are they capable of making each other successful, or is one driving the decline of the other? The path towards the digitalization of social interaction that came along with the digital revolution at the end of the 20th century does not necessarily have a beneficial consequence for urban public space, as social interaction no longer needs the support of, or to support (physical) public spaces. In other words, the digitalization of social interaction is driving the detachment of contemporary society from the use of their traditional urban public spaces. Consequently, new tools and technologies are being implemented in a number of public spaces in several cities, in order to align contemporary (digital) resources to the needs and wants of contemporary societies. This contribution offers a review of several developments that were implemented in a number of public spaces during the “digital age”. This review is performed by presenting a comprehensive framework of public space in the digital age, with a specific focus on key features that have been affected by digitalization: social interaction, political participation, and social activities.

Keywords

Public Space, Digital Era, Digitalization, Urban Space

DİJİTAL TOPLUM İÇİN DİJİTAL KAMUSAL ALANLAR: DİJİTAL ÇAĞDA KAMUSAL ALANLARIN İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

Dijital teknolojiler ve kamusal alanlar arasındaki ilişki nedir? Birbirlerini desteklemekte midir, yoksa biri diğerinin önemsizleşmesine mi neden olmaktadır? 20. yüzyılın sonundaki dijital devrimle birlikte gelen sosyal etkileşimin dijitalleşmesine giden yol, sosyal etkileşimin kamusal alanların desteğine veya fiziksel olarak desteklenmesine artık ihtiyaç duymamasından dolayı, kentsel kamusal alan açısından yararlı bir sonuç oluşturmamaktadır. Başka bir deyişle, sosyal etkileşimin dijitalleşmesi, çağdaş toplumun geleneksel kentsel kamusal alanların kullanımından kopmasına neden olmaktadır. Sonuç olarak, çağdaş (dijital) kaynakları çağdaş toplumların ihtiyaç ve istekleriyle uyumlu hale getirmek için birçok şehirde çeşitli kamusal alanlarda yeni araçlar ve teknolojiler uygulanmaktadır. Bu çalışma, “dijital çağ” döneminde birçok kamusal alanda uygulanan çeşitli gelişmelerin bir incelemesini sunmaktadır. Bu inceleme, dijitalleşmeden etkilenen sosyal etkileşim, siyasi katılım ve sosyal faaliyetler gibi temel özelliklere özellikle odaklanarak, dijital çağda kapsamlı bir kamusal alan çerçevesi sunmaktadır.

Keywords

Kamusal alan, dijital çağ, dijitalleşme, kentsel mekan

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