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(Reference retrieved automatically from SciELO through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

Constructing images and territories: thinking on the visuality and materiality of remote sensing

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Author(s):
Marko Monteiro [1]
Total Authors: 1
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Geociências - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 1
Document type: Journal article
Source: História, Ciências, Saúde : Manguinhos; v. 22, n. 2, p. 577-591, 2015-06-00.
Abstract

This article offers a reflection on the question of the image in science, thinking about how visual practices contribute towards the construction of knowledge and territories. The growing centrality of the visual in current scientific practices shows the need for reflection that goes beyond the image. The object of discussion will be the scientific images used in the monitoring and visualization of territory. The article looks into the relations between visuality and a number of other factors: the researchers that construct it; the infrastructure involved in the construction; and the institutions and policies that monitor the territory. It is argued that such image-relations do not just visualize but help to construct the territory based on specific forms. Exploring this process makes it possible to develop a more complex understanding of the forms through which sciences and technology help to construct realities. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 08/09302-1 - Mapping digital images: an ethnographic study of remote sensing practices
Grantee:Marko Synésio Alves Monteiro
Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
FAPESP's process: 13/11592-6 - Science, technology and territory: an ethnography of the science-policy interface in Brazilian remote sensing
Grantee:Marko Synésio Alves Monteiro
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants