Greatest Happiness, Digital Commons, Decolonial Urbanism

The pandemic brought with it the increased acceleration of global datafication, which made us challenge our notion of the ‘common-good’ and explore the concept of a ‘planetary common-good'.

During this session, three Bartlett students who lived/are living in London, Eurasia, America, and beyond will explore the entanglement between digital literacy and decolonial urbanism, and their impacts on (re)structuring the idea of the ‘common good’. In particular, issues around digital poverty and inclusivity, and reconciling them with public purposes, will be discussed. The speakers will be paralleling urban contexts from their respective home cities and their experiences in London, looking at how they reproduce, amplify, or diminish structural violence in public systems.