The 'view from nowhere'? Spatial politics and cultural significance of high-resolution satellite imagery

The theme issue I have been co-editing with Chris Perkins is now officially published in Geoforum. There are five papers and a fairly lengthy introductory essay from us.

Geoforum, vol. 40, No. 4, July 2009

Edited by Martin Dodge and Chris Perkins

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00167185

1. Theme introduction: The 'view from nowhere'? Spatial politics and cultural significance of high-resolution satellite imagery
Martin Dodge, Chris Perkins
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.04.011

2. Walter Benjamin's Dionysian Adventures on Google Earth
Paul Kingsbury, John Paul Jones III
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.10.002

3. NGOs as intelligence agencies: The empowerment of transnational advocacy networks and the media by commercial remote sensing in the case of the Iranian nuclear program
Sean Aday, Steven Livingston
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.12.006

4. Placemarks and waterlines: Racialized cyberscapes in post-Katrina Google Earth
Michael Crutcher, Matthew Zook
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.01.003

5. Digging into Google Earth: An analysis of 'Crisis in Darfur'
Lisa Parks
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.04.004

6. Satellite imagery and the spectacle of secret spaces
Chris Perkins, Martin Dodge
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.04.012