Data Power: Radical Geographies of Control and Resistance E. Thatcher Jim
Data Power: Radical Geographies of Control and Resistance E. Thatcher Jim In recent years, popular media has inundated audiences with sensationalized headlines recounting data breaches, new forms of…
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Data Power: Radical Geographies of Control and Resistance E. Thatcher Jim
In recent years, popular media has inundated audiences with sensationalized headlines recounting data breaches, new forms of surveillance and other dangers of our digital age. This book proposes a radical rethinking of the history, present and future of our relations with the digital, spatial technologies that increasingly mediate our everyday lives. Despite their regularity, such accounts treat each case as unprecedented and unique.
Recognizing the potential for both control and liberation, the authors argue against both acquiescence to and rejection of these technologies. From smartphones to surveillance cameras, to navigational satellites, these new technologies offer visions of integrated, smooth and efficient societies, even as they directly conflict with the ways users experience them. Data Power argues for greater empowerment amidst everyday life.
Through intentional use of the