КОРПОПОЛИС – ТРАНСФОРМАЦИЈА САВРЕМЕНОГ УРБАНОГ ПРОСТОРА
CORPOPOLIS – THE TRANSFORMATION OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN SPACE

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes the transformation of contemporary urban space under the conditions of late capitalism and introduces the concept of the corpopolis as an analytical framework for understanding the new urban regime. Contemporary urban space is increasingly permeated by corporate interests which, together with new definitions of security and the digitalization of space, merge into a unified system of urban governance. The paper seeks to demonstrate how the contemporary city is evolving from a space of functional integration into a system of algorithmic governance based on data. It argues that the processes of privatizing public functions lead to a redefinition of the relationship between capital and the population. In this context, security is transformed from a public good into a selective practice, while the militarization of the police and the development of surveillance technologies are employed as key mechanisms for governing urban space. Attention is also devoted to the process of the datafication of everyday life, as well as to the concept of surveillance capitalism, which enables an understanding of how behavioral data are used to manage risks and shape the urban order. The paper concludes that the corpopolis represents a new form of urban rationality in which the city, rather than primarily being a political space of collective decision-making, becomes a structure of technologically mediated governance of behavior and profit.

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