The Digital Individual and the Private Realm

Curry, Michael

doi:10.1111/1467-8306.00073

Cited by 126 publications

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“…By now most geographers are familiar with the names that have come to work in one way or another from these perspectives, including the key works by Denis Wood (Wood and Fels, 1986;Wood 1992), Harley (1988Harley ( , 1989, Smith (1992), Goss (1995), Pickles (1995), and Curry (1997), among others.…”

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Walter Benjamin’s Dionysian Adventures on Google Earth

Kingsbury¹,

Jones²

2009

Geoforum

110

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a b s t r a c tThis paper argues, following Friedrich Nietzsche, that recent evaluations of Google Earth uncritically privilege the product's Apollonian determinations at the expense of its Dionysian uncertainties. Specifically, when we understand Google Earth as a virtual globe composed of surveyed panoramas, sober rationalization, dystopic control, and transparent order -or, even, as a tool for participation and empowermentwe undersell its capacities as an alluring digital peep-box, an uncertain orb spangled with vertiginous paranoia, frenzied navigation, jubilatory dissolution, and intoxicating giddiness. We argue that the former interpretations not only risk foreclosing our theorizations about how Google Earth is actually used in various ways and different contexts, they also reproduce a one-dimensional and conservative reading of technology that can be traced back (at least) to the writings of Theodor Adorno. By drawing on the work of Walter Benjamin (Adorno's critic and pen pal for more than a decade) we aim to 'go beyond Apollo and Adorno' by illustrating the extent to which Apollonian order and Dionysian love makes Google Earth go round. To do this, we examine Google Earth as a ''digital peep-box" with an online collective that revels in its ''Spot the Black Helicopter" competitions; illuminated profanities; alien and giant insect invaders; naked sunbathers; and crashed transport planes in Darfur.

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Walter Benjamin’s Dionysian Adventures on Google Earth

Kingsbury¹,

Jones²

2009

Geoforum

110

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“…The introduction of computer technology and database systems reproduces a virtual representation that is constructed from the incorporation of codes and data allowing for the advanced multiplication of visibility. The creation of data profiles and digital individuals are re-shaping the view of what constitutes the traditional standards for privacy, privacy protection and the contextualisation of the individual (Curry 1997).…”

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Disciplinary Power, the Oligopticon and Rhizomatic Surveillance in Elite Sports Academies

Manley

Palmer

Roderick

2012

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This article aims to apply a post-panoptic view of surveillance within the context of elite sport. Latour's (2005) 'oligopticon ' and Deleuze and Guttari's (2003) 'rhizomatic' notion of surveillance networks are adopted to question the relevance and significance of Foucault's (1979) conceptualisation of surveillance within an elite sports academy setting. A contemporary representation of bio-politics (Rose 1999(Rose , 2001) is further utilised to discern the mode of governance and control effective within such institutions. In so doing, this article seeks to understand the evolving methods of surveillance technology and governance and how they are situated within the setting of a contemporary institution. Such considerations aim to provoke a line of questioning surrounding the normalisation of intrusive surveillance practices and their impact upon identity construction and an authentic sense of self.

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“…In recent years, GIS and concerns over privacy have received much critical attention (Pickles 1995;Curry 1997Curry , 1998. Following Mark Monmonier (2002, 1), we note that ''the maps one looks at are less important than the spatial data systems that store and integrate facts about where we live and work.''…”

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Geo-ethnography: Coupling Geographic Information Analysis Techniques with Ethnographic Methods in Urban Research

2005

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This research article focuses on the coupling of geographic information system (GIS) technologies with ethnographic data, an approach we refer to as geo-ethnography. The data used here were gathered in an ongoing, multi-site study of low-income families and their children. Throughout our work, the goals have been to think creatively about how GIS can be used in welfare research, to stretch the technology, and to revise the methodologies we currently use. We specifically discuss the ways in which the ethnographic data on families and neighbourhoods have been integrated within a GIS and how these two methods, alone and in combination, help situate families' actions and experiences in time and space and enhance data analysis and interpretation. More specifically, we focus on conceptual and methodological issues we have faced in the process of this integration and on practical strategies for combining qualitative and quantitative research.

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The Digital Individual and the Private Realm

Cited by 126 publications

References 47 publications

Walter Benjamin’s Dionysian Adventures on Google Earth

Walter Benjamin’s Dionysian Adventures on Google Earth

Disciplinary Power, the Oligopticon and Rhizomatic Surveillance in Elite Sports Academies

Geo-ethnography: Coupling Geographic Information Analysis Techniques with Ethnographic Methods in Urban Research

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