Project ‘Transparent Earth’ and the Autoscopy of Aerial Targeting: The Visual Geopolitics of the Underground

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 270-286

  Bishop, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aerial surveillance; agency; military technology; senses; subjectivity; underground

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855744065     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276411424918     Document Type: Article

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