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The locative dystopia. / Hemment, Drew.
In: nettime.org, 04.01.2004.

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Hemment, D 2004, 'The locative dystopia', nettime.org. <http://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0401/msg00021.html>

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Hemment, D. (2004). The locative dystopia. nettime.org. http://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0401/msg00021.html

Vancouver

Hemment D. The locative dystopia. nettime.org. 2004 Jan 4.

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Hemment, Drew. / The locative dystopia. In: nettime.org. 2004.

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abstract = "Locative media uses portable, networked, location aware computing devices for user-led mapping and artistic interventions in which geographical space becomes its canvas. The discourse of locative media gestures to a convergence of the digital domain and geographical space, and the course it plots towards this future demands not only that data be made geographically specific but also that the user - if not defined by their location - at least offers up their location as a condition of entering the game. In this respect, not to mention its choice of tools, locative media operates upon the same plane as military tracking, State and commercial surveillance, forcing a consideration of how locative media might challenge, or be complicit with such forms of social control.",
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