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} }
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…
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