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As COVID-19 spreads, new processes, forms, and scales of bordering practices are transcending national territorial limits. This commentary critiques how ‘viral borders’ are securitizing the global supply chains of medical products, disciplining citizens, and reterritorializing communities and contemplates the consequences of these practices for the post-pandemic era.

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We offer a review and research agenda for critical remote sensing, defined as inquiries and scientific practices cognizant of the embedding of power within the production, analysis, and instrumentalization of satellite imagery. First, we consider critiques of the satellite gaze. Second, we chronicle remote sensing’s evolving political economy, examining the technology’s use by governments, scientists, and commercial and non-governmental actors. Then, we review practices of critical remote sensing, categorized as research 1) exposing injustices; 2) engaging situated knowledges; and 3) empowering marginalized actors. Lastly, we suggest five areas for intertwining critiques and practices and consider possibilities for counter remote sensing.

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The first goal of the Summit was to identify a research agenda on locational information and the public interest, outlining research questions that cut across disciplines, examining the ethical issues that could be addressed to improve the current challenges in spatial analytics, and identifying knowledge gaps that were not yet researched. Many issues could be raised, for example bias and harm to racialized communities. Since not all could be covered, seven groups of agenda items were identified, including (1) Privacy and Anonymization, (2) Data Technology and Its Social-Psychological Dimension, (3) Utility, (4) Technical Approaches to Privacy Protection, (5) Data Infrastructure: Virtual Data Enclaves and Processes, (6) Co-Design and Inclusivity, and (7) Ethical Implications of the User Experience.

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