This paper grounds the critique of the ‘smart city' in its historical and geographical context. Adapting Brenner and Theodore's notion of ‘actually existing neoliberalism', we suggest a greater attention be paid to the ‘actually existing smart city', rather than the exceptional or...

Harnessing the utility of mobile communication and the mobile Internet is a common, everyday aspect of the urban condition. The wireless connectivity these pocketable devices are produced through an electromagnetic overlay that emanates from cellular antenna and towers. These sites have a...