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Mapping Israel, Mapping Palestine: How Occupied Landscapes Shape Scientific Knowledge (Inside Technology)
Jesse Bier
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Hardcover. Series: Inside Technology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 color illus., 27 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBJF1; RGS; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Digital practices in social and political landscapes: Why two researchers can look at the same feature and see different things. Maps are widely believed to be objective, and data-rich computer-made maps are iconic examples of digital knowledge. It is often claimed that digital maps, and rational boundaries, can solve political conflict. But in Mapping Israel, Mapping Palestine, Jess Bier challenges the view that digital maps are universal and value-free. She examines the ways that maps are made in Palestine and Israel to show how social and political landscapes shape the practice of science and technology. ... Read more
Digital practices in social and political landscapes: Why two researchers can look at the same feature and see different things. Maps are widely believed to be objective, and data-rich computer-made maps are iconic examples of digital knowledge. It is often claimed that digital maps, and rational boundaries, can solve political conflict. But in Mapping Israel, Mapping Palestine, Jess Bier challenges the view that digital maps are universal and value-free. She examines the ways that maps are made in Palestine and Israel to show how social and political landscapes shape the practice of science and technology. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Inside Technology
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262036153
SKU
V9780262036153
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About Jesse Bier
Jess Bier is Assistant Professor of Urban Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Reviews for Mapping Israel, Mapping Palestine: How Occupied Landscapes Shape Scientific Knowledge (Inside Technology)
...a penetrating analysis of mapping in occupied territory that gives us an on-the-ground look at how such spatial politics play out....Bier is thoughtful about how tools and data constrain geographic knowledge, and attentive to cartographers' practices as ways of regaining control. -Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences ... a crucial reminder that the social construction of knowledge ... Read more