The Test Bed Island: Tech Business Experimentalism and Exception in Singapore

Islands imaginaries are of exception, in the dual sense that islands seen as places like no others (exceptional territories) well sites exceptions to known orders things (territories exceptions). In Singapore, these two modalities exception play a key role Smart Nation, program launched by government 2014 which shapes island an exceptional place for technology-oriented experiments meant business development. We call this type experimental practice tech experimentalism. investigate how Nation innovation program, conceived example experimentalism, defines Singapore territory and exceptions. By studying turning into test bed relies on politics exceptionality, we show current analyses beyond scientific laboratory have much gain examining related aspects, namely orientation they built. This approach allows us discuss transformation Singapore's territory, processes whereby certain inhabitants (and not others) turned subjects, re-definition policy action ability carve out material regulatory