Big data from the sky: popular perceptions of private drones in Switzerland
Camera-fitted drones are now easily affordable for the public. The resulting extension of the vertical gaze raises a series of critical questions, ranging from the changing regimes of visibility and control that characterise today's world of <q>big data from the sky</q> to the no...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Geographica Helvetica |
| Online Access: | http://www.geogr-helv.net/72/231/2017/gh-72-231-2017.pdf |
| Summary: | Camera-fitted drones are now easily affordable for the public. The resulting
extension of the vertical gaze raises a series of critical
questions, ranging from the changing regimes of visibility and control that
characterise today's world of <q>big data from the sky</q> to the novel
opportunities, risks, and power dynamics hence implied. The paper addresses
these issues empirically, focussing on the popular perception of commercial
and hobby drones in Switzerland. This provides a deeper understanding of the
driving forces and obstacles that shape current drone developments and
highlights that the societal diffusion of private drones today transforms the
very ways in which the aerial realm is lived and perceived, as a highly
contested space of risks, opportunities, and power. This discussion is rooted
in a research approach that places questions of power and (air-)space at the centre when approaching the drone
problematic. |
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| ISSN: | 0016-7312 2194-8798 |