Dhimas Bayu Anindito

Doctoral student

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Subject

The Wisdom of Crowds in Spatial Context: Investigating Urban Inequality through the Geolinguistic, Geopolitical, and Spatiotemporal Pattern of Crowdsourced Data

First and second supervisors 

Abstract

Urban citizenship in this era also marks the citizen-as-sensor function, where every person is a producer of data. This proposition relates to the crowdsourced data—alongside its alias, i.e., user-generated content (UGC) and Volunteered Geographical Information (VGI)—that remained abundant in urban analytics discourses. Nonetheless, most crowdsourcing platforms in Anglophone cities are more dominant in the literature than their counterparts, which by nature—except OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia—somehow shows the tokenistic and ceremonialist traits within Arnstein’s ladder of participation (1969) and contemporary digital participation ladder (Cardullo & Kitchin, 2019). Furthermore, many overlooked crowdsourcing platforms promise a more responsive yet inclusive policymaking process, but to what extent this promise gets rolled out remains elusive. 

Joining the force with the emerging critical theories of urban studies to counter-overlook these layered inequalities by representing the everyday crowdsourcing practices in Global South cities, it is imperative to investigate how these volunteered data can contribute to policymaking. Considering the vast population growth, the possibility of a high Internet penetration rate, and the various types of governance and policymaking processes within this region, this doctoral research project will revolve around these issues using the case of Jakarta. I will investigate how the production of crowdsourced data signifies urban inequality in the digital era; nonetheless its geolinguistic, geopolitical, and spatiotemporal patterns can be a leverage for anyone to contribute meaningfully to policymaking process—signifying their active digital urban citizenship. 

Biography

Dhimas is a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Architecture and Planning at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. He was trained as an urban planner at Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, and completed his Master’s at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, UCL. His research interests lie at the intersection of public participation, urban analytics, and urban governance, along with the pertinent analytical techniques to investigate these areas.

Publications

  • Wibisono H, Lovett J, Anindito D B 2023. The contestation of ideas behind Indonesia’s rural electrification policies: The influence of global and national institutional dynamics. Development Policy Review, 41 (1). DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12650 
  • Anindito D B, Amjad M R A 2022. Exploring city branding in Wonosobo: How the tale is told. In Roitman S & Rukmana D (eds.). The Routledge Handbook of Urban Indonesia. Routledge. 
  • Anindito D B, Sagala S, Tarigan A K M 2022. e-Musrenbang: a digital framework for local participatory planning at the community level. International Development Planning Review, 44 (2). DOI: 10.3828/idpr.2021.5 
  • Anindito D B, Indriansyah N R, Maula F K & Akbar R 2019. A quantitative perspective on kampung kota: Elaborating definition and variables of Indonesian informal settlements (Case study: Kelurahan Tamansari, Bandung City). International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, 7(2): 53–74. DOI: 10.14246/irspsd.7.2_53 
  • Shrivastava MK, Sahu P, Anindito D B 2023. ‘A G20 Coalition on Emerging Technologies for a Zero-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Sustainable Future’. Task Force 4: Refuelling Growth: Clean Energy and Green Transitions Policy Briefs, T20 India, https://t20ind.org/research/a-g20-coalition-on-emerging-technologies-for-a-zero-carbon/ 
  • Anindito D B, Maula F K, Akbar R 2018. Modelling Kampungkota: A Quantitative Approach in Defining Indonesian Informal Settlements. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 117, Conference 1. IOP Science. DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/117/1/012005 
  • Anindito D B, Sutriadi R 2016. Towards a Just City in Information Era: Understanding the Inclusiveness of Community Network Induced by Telecommunication Technology at the Local Level (Case Study: Cihapit and Cipaganti Neighborhoods, Bandung City, Indonesia). Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 227 (2016) pp. 255 – 264. Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.06.069 
  • Sutriadi R, Anindito D B 2016. Revolution towards competitive tourism: An integration between cultural spatiality, creative city, and ICT. In Radzi, S. M. et al. Heritage, Culture, and Society: Research agenda and best practices in the hospitality and tourism industry. London: CRC Press. DOI: 10.1201/9781315386980 

Funding

  • Beasiswa Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan (Endowment Fund for Education Scholarship), Ministry of Finance, Indonesia.

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