Short Term City
Digital platforms and spatial justice
Digital platforms are changing cities in many subtle and profound ways. The short-term rentals website Airbnb is just one prominent example of how new online intermediaries reshape urban practices and imaginaries, change social relationships, disrupt traditional markets, amplify spatial hierarchies and inequalities, and challenge existing regulations and policies. Our goal is to offer an empirically-situated understanding of the logics and (bio-)politics of platform capitalism and how to deal with it, 
with a particular focus on Italian cities and on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Publications
Research and scientific publications from and around the project
Maps and Data viz
Data visualizations and critical mapping by the project team
Debate
Public engagement, outreach, media, policy proposals
Short-Term City is a Research Project of National Relevance funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research.
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Latest News
Updated news about activities, initiatives and deliverables of the STCity project.
Geografia e cibo. Giornata di Studi Geografici
Giornate di studi interdisciplinari su spazi, luoghi, paesaggi, regioni, territori del cibo e temi trasversali
10-11 giugno 2021, online
Crollo di Airbnb, fiorentini in fuga dalla Piattaforma. Intervista a Antonello Romano
La Repubblica indaga l'impatto della pandemia da COVID-19 su Airbnb a Firenze con il contributo di Antonello Romano. FONTE Ernesto Ferrara, la Repubblica, 18 maggio 2021 Leggi l'articolo qui: pag1 -pag2.
When Everything is a Platform II – Piattaforme e Pandemia
When Everything is a Platform II - Piattaforme e Pandemia Workshop - 17 maggio 2021 (11:00 -13:00) Le piattaforme sono generalmente intese come infrastrutture digitali che consentono a due o più gruppi di interagire: una sorta di architettura programmabile ideata per...
Action Plan
The activities of the ST-City project are organized into four macro-themes structured in work-packages:
