An analysis of the spatial representations using new digital location and mapping technologies, in the light of the political issues that accompany their multiple interpretations.
Laura Kurgan is a South African architecte and an associate professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP).
Translated from the English (American) by Jean-François Caro (original title: Close Up at a Distance: Mapping, Technology, and Politics, Zone Books, 2013).
