walter benjamin’s dionysian adventures on google earth（沃尔特·本雅明的酒神在谷歌地球上冒险）.pdfVIP

ARTICLE IN PRESS Geoforum xxx (2008) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Geoforum journal homepage: /locate/geoforum Walter Benjamin’s Dionysian Adventures on Google Earth Paul Kingsbury a,*, John Paul Jones III b a Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada b Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: This paper argues, following Friedrich Nietzsche, that recent evaluations of Google Earth uncritically priv- Received 16 October 2007 ilege the product’s Apollonian determinations at the expense of its Dionysian uncertainties. Specifically, Received in revised form 4 September 2008 when we understand Google Earth as a virtual globe composed of surveyed panoramas, sober rationali- Available online xxxx zation, dystopic control, and transparent order – or, even, as a tool for participation and empowerment – we undersell its capacities as an alluring digital peep-box, an uncertain orb spangled with vertiginous Keywords: paranoia, frenzied navigation, jubilatory dissolution, and intoxicating giddiness. We argue that the former Google Earth interpretations not only risk foreclosing our theorizations about how Google Earth is actually u