The political economy of satellite business

Locksley, Gareth

doi:10.1016/0308-5961(83)90024-1

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“…The complexity of these developments should spur further critiques on the political economy of remote sensing (Locksley 1983; Parks and Schwoch 2012; Sommariva, 2018). Geographical scholarship on drones (Gregory, 2011; Hall (Kindervater), 2016), whose proliferation has lowered the cost of warfare (Hall and Coyne, 2013), could inform these efforts.…”

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The politics of pixels: A review and agenda for critical remote sensing

Bennett

Chen

León

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Progress in Human Geography

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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 politics of pixels: A review and agenda for critical remote sensing

Bennett

Chen

León

et al. 2022

Progress in Human Geography

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The regulation of transborder data flows: An international law perspective

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1987

Gazette (Leiden, Netherlands)

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Information technology and capitalist development

Locksley¹

1985

Capital & Class

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As the potential for a vast number of new services and products in the wake of IT developments becomes apparent, private capital is moving in to secure its exclusive exploitation for private profits. The article traces the development of existing Information Technologies through the organisational imperatives of the military and multinational corporations. It shows how nearly everywhere capitalist pressure is leading to privatisation of public ownership and control over information systems and how national and international capital is restructuring to exploit IT. In the context of capitalist competition and production for profit the exploitation of IT will worsen class, gender and international inequalities (although in this article the latter two are only briefly touched on). But 81 Gareth Locksley argues that IT still carries the seeds of a more equal society; the left has to rethink and appropriate IT and fight for its development under social control.

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The political economy of satellite business

Cited by 3 publications

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The politics of pixels: A review and agenda for critical remote sensing

The politics of pixels: A review and agenda for critical remote sensing

The regulation of transborder data flows: An international law perspective

Information technology and capitalist development

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