Tag: Uneven Innovation

April 23, 2021

Jennifer Clark on Uneven Innovation and Receiving the Urban Affairs Association Best Book Award

When I heard the news that Uneven Innovation: The Work of Smart Cities had won the 2021 Urban Affairs Association Best Book Award I reflected on how much the book complements UAA’s own goals and mission as an interdisciplinary organization,...

April 20, 2021

Browse Our UAA 2021 Virtual Exhibit Booth with Lowell Frye

Hello, and welcome to Columbia University Press’s virtual booth for the 2021 Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting! My name is Lowell Frye and I’m an associate editor here at the press, acquiring books in urban studies. This is the second...

April 2, 2020

Join Lowell Frye on a Tour of Our UAA 2020 Virtual Exhibit Booth

Hello, and welcome to Columbia University Press’s virtual booth for the Urban Affairs Association conference! My name is Lowell Frye, and I’m an associate editor here at the press, acquiring books in urban studies. I’m thrilled to be able to...

February 21, 2020

Book Excerpt! Uneven Innovation, by Jennifer Clark (preface)

“Written by one of the world’s foremost experts, Uneven Innovation is a must-have book for everyone interested in the potential and the pitfalls of the smart cities narrative. It provides both a critical review of the main debates surrounding smart...

February 20, 2020

Q&A: Jennifer Clark on Uneven Innovation

“Uneven Innovation problematizes the smart city project, showing us the many ways that it continues—rather than disrupts—underlying patterns of inequality, precariousness, and powerlessness. Clark’s insightful critique is not only a call for action, her work draws to light the ‘operational standards’...

February 19, 2020

Jennifer Clark on the Paths Toward Smart Cities

“A superb, original, and informative intervention into ongoing debates about what a smart city is and its implications across all cities. Grounded in significant original and secondary research, Clark links smart cities to urban innovation and the production of markets,...

February 4, 2020

New Book Tuesday! Uneven Innovation and more!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Uneven Innovation The Work of Smart Cities Jennifer Clark Jennifer Clark reframes the smart city concept within the trajectory of uneven development of cities and regions, as well as the long...