Bringing satellites down to Earth: Six steps to more ethical remote sensing
To shed light on the politics of remote sensing, a technique often regarded as objective and neutral, the subfield of critical remote sensing has emerged in the social sciences. This perspective translates its key ideas into an actionable framework that offers suggestions for how to transform remote...
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| author | Mia M. Bennett Colin J. Gleason Beth Tellman Luis F. Alvarez Leon Hannah K. Friedrich Ufuoma Ovienmhada Adam J. Mathews |
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| description | To shed light on the politics of remote sensing, a technique often regarded as objective and neutral, the subfield of critical remote sensing has emerged in the social sciences. This perspective translates its key ideas into an actionable framework that offers suggestions for how to transform remote sensing to better engage and empower people and places typically studied at a distance. First, we encourage remote sensing scientists and practitioners to weigh the consequences of exposing inaccessible or off-limits places, incorporate local knowledge and values into research design, methods, and applications, and share skills and data with stakeholders who wish to learn and use remote sensing for their own objectives. Second, we offer suggestions for teaching critical remote sensing and making research accessible and replicable. Third, we stress the importance of acknowledging that despite being conducted from afar, remote sensing can still affect the people and places it observes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1f513fca83224ed9afaec2e3f59e51f82025-01-10T04:38:39ZengElsevierGlobal Environmental Change Advances2950-13852024-07-012100003Bringing satellites down to Earth: Six steps to more ethical remote sensingMia M. Bennett0Colin J. Gleason1Beth Tellman2Luis F. Alvarez Leon3Hannah K. Friedrich4Ufuoma Ovienmhada5Adam J. Mathews6Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies, Heidelberg University, Germany; Department of Geography, University of Washington, USA; Corresponding author at: Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies, Heidelberg University, Germany.Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USASchool of Geography, Development & Environment, University of Arizona, USADepartment of Geography, Dartmouth College, USASchool of Geography, Development & Environment, University of Arizona, USAAeronautics and Astronautics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USADepartment of Geography, Binghamton University, State University of New YorkTo shed light on the politics of remote sensing, a technique often regarded as objective and neutral, the subfield of critical remote sensing has emerged in the social sciences. This perspective translates its key ideas into an actionable framework that offers suggestions for how to transform remote sensing to better engage and empower people and places typically studied at a distance. First, we encourage remote sensing scientists and practitioners to weigh the consequences of exposing inaccessible or off-limits places, incorporate local knowledge and values into research design, methods, and applications, and share skills and data with stakeholders who wish to learn and use remote sensing for their own objectives. Second, we offer suggestions for teaching critical remote sensing and making research accessible and replicable. Third, we stress the importance of acknowledging that despite being conducted from afar, remote sensing can still affect the people and places it observes.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950138523000037Remote sensingEarth observationCritical remote sensingSatellitesEthics |
| spellingShingle | Mia M. Bennett Colin J. Gleason Beth Tellman Luis F. Alvarez Leon Hannah K. Friedrich Ufuoma Ovienmhada Adam J. Mathews Bringing satellites down to Earth: Six steps to more ethical remote sensing Global Environmental Change Advances Remote sensing Earth observation Critical remote sensing Satellites Ethics |
| title | Bringing satellites down to Earth: Six steps to more ethical remote sensing |
| title_full | Bringing satellites down to Earth: Six steps to more ethical remote sensing |
| title_fullStr | Bringing satellites down to Earth: Six steps to more ethical remote sensing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bringing satellites down to Earth: Six steps to more ethical remote sensing |
| title_short | Bringing satellites down to Earth: Six steps to more ethical remote sensing |
| title_sort | bringing satellites down to earth six steps to more ethical remote sensing |
| topic | Remote sensing Earth observation Critical remote sensing Satellites Ethics |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950138523000037 |
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