SMART CITIES: EPISTEMIC SANDBOX FOR A RESTORATIVE AND REGENERATIVE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Abstract

The research aims to explore the epistemic challenges presented by neo-extractivism, economic eco-decoupling and degrowth that influence the (re)thinking of economic models. The general objective is to highlight conceptual elements related to smart cities, sustainable development goals and objectives, with an emphasis on SDG 11, which deals with sustainable cities and communities, and their interconnection with other goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda. In this context, the absence of objective public policy aimed at the circular economy in Brazil will be addressed. The specific objective will analyze the semiotics of smart cities, based on interdisciplinary STS(A) approaches, which dialogue in different scientific microcosms, where natural, social and applied sciences model resignifications for the (post)modern and society of the twentieth century. XXI. The methodology used will be qualitative and exploratory, based on the hypothetical-deductive method. From this scenario will emerge the epistemic "sandbox", in which the paradoxes between the monocultural abyssalism of the Global South and the Global North will be revealed, unveiling concerns that favor post-abyssalism and point to a regenerative Circular Economy.