"To sustain civic tech and participatory structures in our datafied society, we need to explore ways to infrastructure civic tech and civic data."

"Much of the datafication in urban spaces relies on exploiting social inequalities. Smart technologies transform every socio-political concern underlying socio-economic injustices into a computing problem. We need more human stories that illustrate the role of different infrastructures and our varied access to them."

"In order to facilitate data justice it is necessary to consider accessibility, language, equity, diversity and inclusion aspects, and a careful design should be able to contribute to enacting citizens’ agency."

"Infrastructures are everywhere, and they build which kinds of lives are possible, whether we notice them or not.”

“When planning and developing infrastructures, it is essential to include citizens' perspectives and needs in the planning process. Otherwise, certain needs could be overlooked and the infrastructures could be dysfunctional from the outset.”

"Journalistic infrastructure is highly significant. Traditional media have lost their way to reach many audiences. You have saved the route of transportation for information but only few are still traveling on it. We need to develop technological paths to where our audiences are."

"When communicating knowledge about infrastructure, we should also aim at discussing the tangible and intangible, the technical, the ethical, and also the poetic elements of it."

“It's only through reviving a culture of active citizenship, rather than cybernetic or digital capacities per se, that we will see any kind of shift in the direction we are heading in.” 

"Communicators who vet and use data to explain how infrastructures work or will be designed to work will have a deeper impact in their audience."

“We have to make sure that citizens see the contingency of our digital environment and how much of it can be actively shaped and reconfigured all the time.” 

“Most infrastructures are highly complex, and their operational mechanisms are not easily conveyed. Data visualizations and interactive simulations can assist in making these complex interconnections understandable to a broader audience.”

 "Infrastructures are crucial to the extent to which a citizen is enabled or empowered to participate in society. Those who build and invent infrastructures also decide on this possibility of participation. I would recommend involving citizens and users in the development processes."

"To deal with the big questions of our time we need places and space to get together in a productiv, curious and open minded way."