Beyond 5G: fieldnotes from Finland

Towards Atmospheric Care (Hanna Husberg and Agata Marzecova)

Dossiers, no. 3, vol. 7September 29, 2022<November 1, 2022

Beyond 5G: fieldnotes from Finland

by Towards Atmospheric Care

Advancing feminist and critically engaged considerations of atmospheric media technologies, this essay by Towards Atmospheric Care (Hanna Husberg and Agata Marzecova) provides a snapshot of their ongoing interdisciplinary investigation of 5G-based smart solutions and new electronic ecosystems emerging in Finland, a country that has positioned itself at the forefront of inventing the wireless communication of the future.

Dossiers, no. 3, vol. 7September 28, 2022<September 28, 2022

5G: The Next True or False Public Utility of the Future City?

by Fiona McDermott

Who is 5G really for? Fiona McDermott urges closer consideration of the public use value of much-hyped 5G technologies through an examination of the potentially fraught public-private partnerships extolling the development of urban 5G infrastructure in the name of public good.

Dossiers, no. 3, vol. 7September 27, 2022<September 28, 2022

Antifascism and anti-5G conspiracies

by Günter Gassner

Günter Gassner examines the relationship between antifascism and anti-5G conspiracies, arguing for a critical examination of 5G as a global capitalist tool that can expedite fascist tendencies.

Dossiers, no. 3, vol. 7September 26, 2022<September 26, 2022

Introduction: The Rise of 5G

by Sanna Lehtinen

How is 5G technology changing cities? In their dossier introduction, Sanna Lehtinen and Delfina Fantini van Ditmar survey the aesthetic, political, and ecological impacts of 5G networks and call for new critical models for envisioning urban futures.

Dossiers, no. 3, vol. 7September 26, 2022<September 27, 2022

A Luminous Abstraction: 5G Narratives and Futuring Otherwise

by Luis Hernan

Luis Hernan and Carolina Ramirez-Figueroa consider what 5G could look like with different models of ownership and better integration with non-human ecologies.