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.

no. 4, Roundtables, vol. 3October 23, 2018<November 8, 2018

Platform Urbanism: An Introduction

by Scott Rodgers & Susan Moore

Scott Rodgers and Susan Moore introduce a new Roundtable on urban platforms by asking how platforms may be understood as new forms of urban infrastructure.

no. 4, Student Voices, vol. 2October 27, 2017<March 25, 2022

Infrastructural Inequalities and Digital Divides

by Kortnee Tilson

In “Infrastructural Inequality and Digital Divides,” Kortnee Tilson navigates through the dense theoretical content of Manuel Castells’ work on networked societies, and provides an evaluation of his insights for questions of power, inequality and access in connection with digital infrastructures.