Data Co-Operatives through Data Sovereignty

Against the widespread assumption that data are oil of 21st century, this article offers an alternative conceptual framework, interpretation, and pathway around smart city nexus to subvert surveillance capitalism in light emerging further promising practical cases. This illustrates open debate governance justice field related current trends challenges cities, resulting a new approach advocated for recently coined by UN-Habitat programme ‘People-Centred Smart Cities’. Particularly, feature sheds on two intertwined notions articulate technopolitical dimension Cities’ approach: co-operatives sovereignty. Data as way share own through peer-to-peer (p2p) repositories sovereignty is being claimed digital right communities/citizens. Consequently, aims up research avenues First, it elucidates how could be articulated long co-developed with communities connected history analysis various forms (technopolitical dimension). Second, prospectively anticipates city–regional encompassing colonialism devolution.