While there is a relatively extensive literature concerning the nature of smart cities in general, the roles of corporate actors in their production and the development and deployment of specific smart city technologies, to date there have been relatively few studies that have examined the situated practices by which the smart city unfolds in specific places. In this paper, we draw on three sets of interviews (n = 114) and ethnographic fieldwork to chart the smart city ecosystem in Dublin, Ireland. We examine how the four city authorities have actively collaborated to frame a disparate and uncoordinated set of information and communication technology-led initiatives, what Dourish terms the ‘accidental smart city’, into an articulated vision of Dublin as a smart city. In particular, we focus on the work of ‘Smart Dublin’, a shared unit established to coordinate, manage and promote Dublin’s smart city initiatives and to drive new economic development opportunities centred on corporate interventions into urban management and living. Our analysis highlights the value of undertaking a holistic mapping of a smart city in formation, and the role of political and administrative geographies and specialist smart city units in shaping that formation.

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从偶然到明确的智慧城市：“智慧都柏林”的创造和工作

虽然关于智慧城市的一般性质、企业参与者在其生产中的作用以及特定智慧城市技术的开发和部署有相对广泛的文献，但迄今为止，相对较少的研究通过智慧城市在特定的地方展开。在本文中，我们利用三组访谈 (n = 114) 和民族志实地调查来绘制爱尔兰都柏林的智慧城市生态系统。我们研究了四个城市当局如何积极合作，将一系列不同且不协调的信息和通信技术主导的举措（Dourish 称之为“意外智慧城市”）构建为都柏林作为智慧城市的清晰愿景。我们特别关注“Smart Dublin”的工作，一个共享单位，旨在协调、管理和促进都柏林的智慧城市计划，并推动以企业干预城市管理和生活为中心的新经济发展机会。我们的分析强调了对形成的智慧城市进行整体测绘的价值，以及政治和行政地理以及专业智慧城市单位在塑造该形成过程中的作用。