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Table 1 Cognitive sense-making processes and their definitions used in initial deductive coding process. Definitions were clarified based on coding, and partially derived from Stilwell and Harman 2021

From: Terrains of care in the smart city: sensemaking by creative communities of practice

Cognitive sense-making process

The smart city shapes and is shaped by…

Embodied

…bodily processes and interactions between bodies, including minds, knowledges, spiritualities, and identities

Embedded

…a person’s diverse relationships in socio-cultural spaces, including studios, museums, green spaces and urban nature

Enacted

…possibilities for action, or the affordances that are made possible by the interactions between a person and their environment

Emotive

…emotions and affects, or their lack, which guide a person towards important parts of themselves and their environment

Extended

…engagement with institutions, organizations, and their processes that guide certain possibilities over others