Digital city in the pandemic era: a new phase of theoretic discourse

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Keywords:

digital city, urban environment, pandemic, new technologies, social effects of digitalisation
Supporting Agencies
The research was prepared with financial support from the Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research (grant No. G20R-109 dated 04.05.2020 «The impact of digital transformation on the labour activity of the urban population (by the example of Minsk and St. Petersburg)»).

Abstract

The transformation of theoretical discourse about the digital city, which occurred under the influence of COVID-19 is analysed. Definition of the «digital city», both the main stages of theoretical ideas about the digital city are given. The main vectors of changes in the post-COVID urban environment as well as their social consequences are outlined. The perspectives of scientific research of the digital city in the post-pandemic period conclude the article.

Author Biography

  • Еlena V. Lebedeva, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (sociology), docent; associate professor at the department of communication and public relations, faculty of journalism

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2021-06-29

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No. 2 (2021): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology

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Lebedeva .Е.V. 2021. Digital city in the pandemic era: a new phase of theoretic discourse. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology. 2 (Jun. 2021), 4–11.