Based on research for our MIT book “Sharing Cities”, this presentation argues the case for cities to harness sharing for justice and sustainability. I will highlight the failings of economic framings of sharing and smartness, which position commercial intermediaries as the go-to experts on sharing; rather than the cities, charities and communities that have much longer and deeper experience in managing shared resources, spaces, infrastructures, facilities and services. Such framings also underlie fruitless polarized public debate over the potential and role of commercial sharing platforms such as Uber and Airbnb. Genuine sharing cities need to both enable and regulate the collaborative economy. But they also have the power and opportunity to harness the potential of sharing to rebuild social capital and a shared urban commons. I will outline ways in which cities that open themselves to cultural and political disruption can flourish by engaging with the rich diversity of sharing practices and organisations that are enabled by modern technologies and collective values. http://ouisharefest.com

1.
Duncan McLaren
A case for truly smart and sustainable cities
• Duncan McLaren
• mclaren environmental
• @mclaren_erc

2. A
case
for
truly
smart
and
sustainable
ci3es
Transcending
the
‘sharing
economy’
Duncan
McLaren
Julian
Agyeman
@mclaren_erc
@JulianAgyeman
Presenta3on
at
Ouishare
Fest
2016,
Paris,
18-­‐20th
May

3. Should
we
join
the
quest
for
unicorns
…
or
reject
the
coop3on
of
sharing
…
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4. Corpora'ons
are
not
the
only
sharing
intermediaries
Private
Collec've
Top-­‐down
Commercial
Civic
Bo:om-­‐up
Charitable
Communal
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5. The
Sharing
Paradigm
A
‘third
way’
–
neither
rejec3ng
the
economic
dimensions
of
sharing,
nor
seeing
them
as
the
whole
picture
…
…
the
sharing
paradigm
recognizes
twin
pressures
for
shiQs
from
tradi3onal
socio-­‐cultural
to
inter-­‐mediated
sharing,
and
from
communal
to
commercial
forms
…
…
and
sees
both
opportuni3es
and
risks
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6. Communal
mediated
Communal
socio-­‐cultural
Commercial
mediated
Commercial
socio-­‐cultural
Socio-­‐cultural
/
evolved
Inter-­‐mediated
/
learned
Commercial
/
extrinsic
Communal
/
intrinsic
Collabora've
economy
Civic
commons
Sharing
economy
Collec've
commons

7. Amsterdam:
experimental
hybrid
San
Francisco:
welcome
mat
Seoul
walled
garden
Diverse
models
of
“sharing
ci3es”
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8. Emerging
forms
of
sharing
ci3es:
‘Smart’
vs
Social
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9. Social
Urbanism
in
Medellín
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10. A
tale
of
two
discourses
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11. Sharing
challenges
consumerism
by
changing
norms,
shiQing
iden33es
and
normalising
counter-­‐cultures.
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12. Sharing
technologies
&
funding
techniques
also
fuel
poli3cal
disrup3on
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Las
Indignadas
…
15M
…
Occupy
…
Nuit
Debout
…
Trump
…
Sanders
…
Syriza
…
UKIP
…
…
…
…

13. New
agendas
for
Sharing
Ci3es
• Be
proac3ve:
take
a
lead
in
suppor3ng,
enabling,
inves3ng
in
and
procuring
from
sharing
organisa3ons
• Design
for
jus3ce
and
inclusion:
with
approaches
that
s3mulate
intrinsic
mo3va3ons,
and
build
trust
&
social
capital
• Provide
access
for
all
as
a
sharing
hub,
connec3ng
services
and
guaranteeing
reputa3on
for
ci3zens
• Don’t
be
afraid
to
experiment
with
regula3on
and
incen3ves,
using
planning,
taxa3on,
standard
secng
and
more
• Engage
with
the
hard
and
soQ
infrastructures
of
the
urban
commons
like
public
spaces
and
u3li3es,
as
well
as
with
sharing
services
and
organisa3ons
• Share
power,
with
democra3c
models
that
empower
users,
protect
their
civil
liber3es,
and
provide
shared
spaces
for
collec3ve
poli3cs
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14. Ques'ons?
Comments?
Join
the
discussion
on
the
MAIF
terrace
Find
us
on
Twi:er:
@JulianAgyeman
@mclaren_erc
Purchase
Sharing
Ci'es
at:
h:ps://mitpress.mit.edu/books/sharing-­‐ci'es
Order
by
17th
June,
ci'ng
XOU16,
for
a
30%
discount!
Or
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it
for
your
library!
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