@article{ref1,
title="Affecting geospatial technologies: toward a feminist politics of emotion",
journal="Professional Geographer",
year="2007",
author="Kwan, Mei‐Po",
volume="59",
number="1",
pages="22-34",
abstract="Building on earlier contributions to feminist understanding of geospatial technologies (GT), I seek to further develop feminist perspectives on GT along new directions. I argue that an attention to the importance of affect (feelings and emotions) and the performative nature of GT practices offers a distinctive critical edge to feminist work on GT. I emphasize the need for GT practitioners to contest the dominant meanings and uses of GT, and to participate in struggles against the oppressive or violent effects of these technologies. I argue that only when emotions, feelings, values, and ethics become an integral part of our geospatial practices can we hope that the use of GT will lead to a less violent and more just world.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0033-0124",
doi="10.1111/j.1467-9272.2007.00588.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9272.2007.00588.x"
}