Technical Territories Data, Subjects, and Spaces in Infrastructural Asia

• Main Author: Munn, Luke
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• 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

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...