Du cyberespace à la datasphère. Le nouveau front pionnier de la géographie
In this article, we want to offer a preliminary approach to the concept of datasphere as both a novel space to comprehend and a new subfield of geography to study. Even though the notion of datasphere is just emerging, it brings together strategic issues related to the cyberspace, the management of...
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| description | In this article, we want to offer a preliminary approach to the concept of datasphere as both a novel space to comprehend and a new subfield of geography to study. Even though the notion of datasphere is just emerging, it brings together strategic issues related to the cyberspace, the management of data and the geography of data flows, an understanding of the informational space, the cartography of topological networks, and the fusion of geolocated and non-spatialized data. For that reason, the datasphere needs to be understood as a social construction reproducing power struggles and political, social, technical and organizational choices with strategic implications. Hence, the geopolitical methodology is essential to comprehend this new environment. Indeed, and even though it does not align with a territory in the classical sense of the term, the datasphere is the product, the focus, and the vector of power relationships set at the heart of contemporary geopolitical conflicts and international diplomacy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9150f244c02b4e9a96ccfc8090c76e3a2025-01-30T11:01:16ZengNetcom AssociationNetcom0987-60142431-210X2018-12-01328710810.4000/netcom.3419Du cyberespace à la datasphère. Le nouveau front pionnier de la géographieFrédérick DouzetAlix DesforgesIn this article, we want to offer a preliminary approach to the concept of datasphere as both a novel space to comprehend and a new subfield of geography to study. Even though the notion of datasphere is just emerging, it brings together strategic issues related to the cyberspace, the management of data and the geography of data flows, an understanding of the informational space, the cartography of topological networks, and the fusion of geolocated and non-spatialized data. For that reason, the datasphere needs to be understood as a social construction reproducing power struggles and political, social, technical and organizational choices with strategic implications. Hence, the geopolitical methodology is essential to comprehend this new environment. Indeed, and even though it does not align with a territory in the classical sense of the term, the datasphere is the product, the focus, and the vector of power relationships set at the heart of contemporary geopolitical conflicts and international diplomacy.https://journals.openedition.org/netcom/3419cyberspacegeopoliticsdataspheredigital revolutiondiplomacy |
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| title | Du cyberespace à la datasphère. Le nouveau front pionnier de la géographie |
| title_full | Du cyberespace à la datasphère. Le nouveau front pionnier de la géographie |
| title_fullStr | Du cyberespace à la datasphère. Le nouveau front pionnier de la géographie |
| title_full_unstemmed | Du cyberespace à la datasphère. Le nouveau front pionnier de la géographie |
| title_short | Du cyberespace à la datasphère. Le nouveau front pionnier de la géographie |
| title_sort | du cyberespace a la datasphere le nouveau front pionnier de la geographie |
| topic | cyberspace geopolitics datasphere digital revolution diplomacy |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/netcom/3419 |
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