Alternative civic architecture: maps of the alternative internet

Building wireless networks differently can illustrate different ways of occupying space and organizing access to communications. In this latest post in our alternative internet(s) series, LSE’s Alison Powell discusses some of the ways that alternative internets have brought attention to architectural choices about networking, and highlights how these politicizations might be valuable in the age of the top-down “smart city” where corporate infrastructure often combines with centralized control.