Pour une analyse socio-technique des jumeaux numériques urbains. Esquisse d'une approche en termes de constitutionnalisme numérique

Macq, Hadrien

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Pour une analyse socio-technique des jumeaux numériques urbains. Esquisse d'une approche en termes de constitutionnalisme numérique

Macq, Hadrien

2025 • In Bulletin de la Société Géographique de Liège, 85, p. 1-14

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jumeaux numériques urbains; gouvernance urbaine; socio-technique; co-production; constitutionnalisme numérique; études sociales des sciences et des techniques

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[fr] Comment les jumeaux numériques urbains et les contextes politiques, économiques et sociaux dans lesquels ils s’inscrivent interagissent ? En s’appuyant sur une approche issue des études sociales des sciences et des techniques, cet article montre qu’il est crucial de considérer les jumeaux numériques urbains comme des objets socio-techniques pour comprendre la manière dont ils interagissent avec le milieu dans lequel ils sont développés et utilisés. Partant, à travers trois cas d’étude, il soulève trois dimensions cruciales (nature de la représentation, promesses épistémiques et conceptions d’une gouvernance désirable) et met en évidence les enjeux que les jumeaux numériques soulèvent en termes politiques et démocratiques. Finalement, il ouvre un agenda de recherche centré autour de la notion de « constitutionnalisme numérique » pour entreprendre de saisir la reconfiguration des modes de gouvernance urbaine engendrée par le développement et l’utilisation de ces objets.

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Political science, public administration & international relations
Sociology & social sciences

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Macq, Hadrien ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de science politique

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French

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Pour une analyse socio-technique des jumeaux numériques urbains. Esquisse d'une approche en termes de constitutionnalisme numérique

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2025

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Bulletin de la Société Géographique de Liège

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0770-7576

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2507-0711

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Société Geographique de Liege, Liège, Belgium

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1-14

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F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique

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