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Resocializing digital water transformations: Outlining social science perspectives on the digital water journey
WIREs Water ( IF 6.8 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-02 , DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1512
Claire Hoolohan 1 , Godfred Amankwaa 2 , Alison L. Browne 3 , Adrian Clear 4 , Kirsty Holstead 5 , Ruth Machen 6 , Ola Michalec 7 , Sarah Ward 8
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Digital water transformation is often written about as though universally desirable and inevitable, capable of addressing the multifaceted socioecological challenges that water systems face. However, there is not widespread reflection on the complexities, tensions and unintended consequences of digital transformation, its social and political dimensions are often neglected. This article introduces case studies of digital water development, bringing examples of technological innovation into dialogue with literature and empirical research from across the social sciences. We examine how Big Data affects our observations of water in society to shape water management, how the Internet of Things becomes involved in reproducing unjust water politics, how digital platforms are entangled in the varied sociocultural landscape of everyday water use, and how opensource technologies provide new possibilities for participatory water governance. We also reflect on regulatory developments and the possible trajectories of innovation resulting from public‐private sector interactions. A socially and politically informed view of digital water is essential for just and sustainable development, and the gap between industry visions of digital water and research within the social sciences is inhibitive. Thus, the analysis presented in this article provides a novel, pluralistic perspective on digital water development and outlines what is required for more inclusive future scholarship, policy and practice.

中文翻译:

重新实现数字化水转型的社会化:概述数字水之旅的社会科学观点

数字化水的转化通常被写成似乎是普遍希望和不可避免的,能够应对水系统所面临的多方面的社会生态挑战。但是,对于数字化转型的复杂性,紧张性和意想不到的后果,并未得到广泛的思考,其数字化的社会和政治意义常常被忽略。本文介绍了数字水开发的案例研究,将技术创新的实例与来自社会科学的文献和实证研究进行了对话。我们研究了大数据如何影响我们对社会中水的观察以塑造水管理,物联网如何参与重现不公正的水政治,数字平台如何纠缠于日常用水的各种社会文化环境中,以及开源技术如何为参与式水治理提供新的可能性。我们还反思了监管发展以及因公私部门互动而产生的创新轨迹。数字水的社会和政治见解对于公正,可持续的发展至关重要,而数字水的行业愿景与社会科学领域的研究之间的差距是可抑制的。因此,本文提供的分析为数字水的发展提供了新颖的,多元化的观点,并概述了实现更具包容性的未来学术,政策和实践所需要的条件。我们还反思了监管发展以及因公私部门互动而产生的创新轨迹。数字水的社会和政治见解对于公正,可持续的发展至关重要,而数字水的行业愿景与社会科学领域的研究之间的差距是可抑制的。因此,本文提供的分析为数字水的发展提供了一种新颖的,多元化的观点,并概述了实现更具包容性的未来学术,政策和实践所需要的条件。我们还反思了监管发展以及因公私部门互动而产生的创新轨迹。数字水的社会和政治见解对于公正,可持续的发展至关重要,而数字水的行业愿景与社会科学领域的研究之间的差距是可抑制的。因此,本文提供的分析为数字水的发展提供了新颖的,多元化的观点,并概述了实现更具包容性的未来学术,政策和实践所需要的条件。
更新日期:2021-04-02
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