Author: Jeffrey S. Nesbit, Charles Waldheim (Eds.)Technical lands are spaces united by their 'exceptional' status: their remote locations, delimited boundaries and vigilant management. Designating land as 'technical' is thus a political act that entails dividing, marginalising and rendering portions of the Earth inaccessible. This title brings together authors from a diverse array of disciplines, geographies and epistemologies to interrogate and theorise the meaning and increasing significance of technical lands. An anti-visuality of technical lands enables forms of hypervisibility and surveillance through the rhetorical veil of technology. Including the political and physical boundaries, technical lands are used in highly aestheticised geographies to resist debate surrounding production and governance. These critical sites and spaces range from disaster exclusion and demilitarised zones to prison yards, industrial extraction sites, airports and spaceports. The identification and instrumentalisation of technical lands have increased in scale and complexity since the rise of neoliberalisation. Yet, the precise theoretical contours that define these geographies remain unclear. ISBN 9783868597042. JOVIS. pb. 304 pages. illustrations throughout. 17 x 24 cm.available
