2023
DOI: 10.1177/13548565231205869
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Restricted but satisfied: Google Maps and agency in the mundane life

Peter Gentzel,
Jeffrey Wimmer

Abstract: The study grasps the transformation of agency in the context of mundane production and use of mapping apps. It is asked theoretically and empirically, who produces and maintains Google Maps as cartographic infrastructure and how is this kind of agency being reflected and acted upon from a lifeworld perspective. Firstly, findings are compiled from various interdisciplinary studies on digital cartography, platform capitalism and digital infrastructures. Since these studies focus on agency almost exclusively from… Show more

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