• DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9272.2007.00588.x
• Corpus ID: 10120944

Affecting Geospatial Technologies: Toward a Feminist Politics of Emotion*

@article{Kwan2007AffectingGT,
  title={Affecting Geospatial Technologies: Toward a Feminist Politics of Emotion*},
  author={Mei-po Kwan},
  journal={The Professional Geographer},
  year={2007},
  volume={59},
  pages={22 - 34}
}

• M. Kwan
• Published 1 February 2007
• Sociology
• The Professional Geographer

Abstract Building on earlier contributions to feminist understanding of geospatial technologies (GT), I seek to further develop feminist perspectives on GT along new directions. I argue that an attention to the importance of affect (feelings and emotions) and the performative nature of GT practices offers a distinctive critical edge to feminist work on GT. I emphasize the need for GT practitioners to contest the dominant meanings and uses of GT, and to participate in struggles against the oppressive or violent effects of these technologies. I argue that only when emotions, feelings, values, and ethics become an integral part of our geospatial practices can we hope that the use of GT will lead to a less violent and more just world.