Technical Territories Data, Subjects, and Spaces in Infrastructural Asia

Territory is shifting. No longer defined by the dotted line of the border or the national footprint of soil, today’s territories are enacted through data infrastructures. From subsea cables to server halls, these infrastructures underpin new forms of governance, shaping subjects and their everyday l...

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Main Author Munn, Luke
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 2023
Subjects
borders
Central / national / federal government
Central / national / federal government policies
citizenship
data centers
data infrastructures
data politics
geopolitics
Globalization
human rights
immigration
Information networks
Information superhighway
Information technology
infrastructure studies
Interdisciplinary studies
International Relations
internet governance
media studies
networked media
Nonfiction
Political aspects
Political Science
Politics
Politics and government
power
Public Policy
Public Policy & Administration
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
Science
Science & Technology Policy
security-studies-discipline
Social aspects
Society and Social Sciences
Sociotechnical systems
Technology
territory
undersea cables
Asia
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1: Introduction 2: Assembling Technical Territory 3: Countering the Protestor in Hong Kong 4: Filtering the Migrant on Christmas Island 5: Constructing the Nation in Singapore 6: From the Cloud to the Edge 7: Unmaking and Remaking Territory Notes References Index