The Political Mapping of Cyberspace (Paperback, New)

As inherently spatial beings, our sense of space in cyberspace challenges all that is familiar in terms of our ability to define, organize, govern, and map social places. In "The Political Mapping of Cyberspace, " Jeremy Crampton shows that cyberspace is not the virtual reality we think it to be, but instead a rich geography of political practices and power relations.
Using concepts and methods derived from the work of Michel Foucault, Crampton outlines a new mapping of cyberspace to help define the role of space in virtual worlds and to provide constructive ways in which humans can exist in another spatial dimension. He delineates the critical role maps play in constructing the medium as an object of knowledge and demonstrates that by processes of mapping we come to understand cyberspace. Maps, he argues, shape political thinking about cyberspace, and he deploys in-depth case studies of crime mapping, security maintenance, and geo-surveillance to show how we map ourselves onto cyberspace, inexorably, and indelibly.
Offering a powerful reinterpretation of technology and contemporary life, this innovative book will be an essential touchstone for the study of cartography and cyberspace in the twenty-first century.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2004
First published:	February 2004
Authors:	Jeremy W. Crampton
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	214
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-11746-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Impact of computing & IT on society
LSN:	0-226-11746-4
Barcode:	9780226117461

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