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SUMMARY:UW Data Science Seminar: Mia Bennett
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a UW Data Science Seminar featuring UW Geogr
 aphy Associate Professor Mia Bennett on Thursday\, March 6th from 4:30 to 
 5:20 p.m. PT.\n\n\nThe seminar will be held in Hitchcock Hall 132 – Cam
 pus Map.\n"Pixel Politics: Advancing Critical Remote Sensing"\n\nAbstract:
  While critical GIS is a widely researched subfield within geography\, cri
 tical remote sensing has received less attention. As remotely sensed image
 ry and the “view from above” become more prevalent in everything from 
 daily life to newspaper reporting\, agriculture\, and war\, research is ne
 eded into the political and technological contexts in which satellites and
  satellite data are embedded. Unlike maps\, which any individual can produ
 ce\, generating satellite Earth observation imagery requires engineering e
 xpensive satellites and launching them into orbit. As a result\, national 
 governments have traditionally dominated the sector\, though private compa
 nies are now challenging their monopoly. While the emerging military-digit
 al complex maintains a hold on the production of satellite data\, its anal
 ysis is increasingly open to any individual with access to a computer or m
 obile phone. The growing accessibility of satellite data may engender new 
 and more critical approaches within remote sensing\, with links to open so
 urce intelligence and investigative journalism. In this talk\, I will cons
 ider the politics and ethics of satellite imagery in the New Space era and
  sketch out the three building blocks of critical remote sensing: exposure
 \, engagement\, and empowerment.\n  Biography:  Mia Bennett is an associat
 e professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Washington
 . Her research focuses on the development of infrastructure in remote fron
 tiers\, namely the Arctic and orbital space. Alongside this topic\, she ha
 s been working with colleagues to develop the subfield of critical remote 
 sensing. Previously\, she worked at the University of Hong Kong.\nThe 2024
 -2025 seminars will be held in person\, and are free and open to the publi
 c.
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