Inverting the Panopticon: Google Earth, Wonder and Earthly Delights.
This essay considers the user experience of Google Earth, comparing the world it presents with other world views including static print maps, medieval mappaemundi, and Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights. It also considers the scopic environment of Google Earth in relation to Jeremy Bentha...
| Publicado en: | Literature Compass Vol. 9; no. 12; pp. 938 - 954 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2012
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