Logiques de projet et régulation publique de l’information géographique
Based on the experience of the spatial data infrastructure project carried out by the Bolivian Government (GeoBolivia), this article aims at studying the geo-environmental information data heritage owned by the country after two decades of « by project » and « remote » public action. The « projector...
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| description | Based on the experience of the spatial data infrastructure project carried out by the Bolivian Government (GeoBolivia), this article aims at studying the geo-environmental information data heritage owned by the country after two decades of « by project » and « remote » public action. The « projectorate », which has been a characteristic feature of Bolivia until the first decade of the 21st century as well as of other countries of the “globalized South”, corresponds to the proliferation of uncoordinated development projects financed by foreign international actors. I propose to extend the concept of « projectorate » to the process of production of segmented geographical information that cannot be re-appropriated beyond the logic of projects. The GeoBolivia initiative aims at overcoming this situation by capitalizing existing information and producing a national data infrastructure which would allow a « social control » of the existing geographical information as well as an overview of the gaps to be filled regarding the production of geographical knowledge. The capacity of the GeoBolivia initiative to contribute to a « post-neoliberal » regulation and redistribution of geographical information, as well as the contradictions of such an initiative, will be analyzed in the light of Foucault’s concept of govermentality. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fc00f664329d47eebf253f4c510948812025-01-30T11:00:39ZengNetcom AssociationNetcom0987-60142431-210X2013-09-01278811910.4000/netcom.1274Logiques de projet et régulation publique de l’information géographiqueLouca LerchBased on the experience of the spatial data infrastructure project carried out by the Bolivian Government (GeoBolivia), this article aims at studying the geo-environmental information data heritage owned by the country after two decades of « by project » and « remote » public action. The « projectorate », which has been a characteristic feature of Bolivia until the first decade of the 21st century as well as of other countries of the “globalized South”, corresponds to the proliferation of uncoordinated development projects financed by foreign international actors. I propose to extend the concept of « projectorate » to the process of production of segmented geographical information that cannot be re-appropriated beyond the logic of projects. The GeoBolivia initiative aims at overcoming this situation by capitalizing existing information and producing a national data infrastructure which would allow a « social control » of the existing geographical information as well as an overview of the gaps to be filled regarding the production of geographical knowledge. The capacity of the GeoBolivia initiative to contribute to a « post-neoliberal » regulation and redistribution of geographical information, as well as the contradictions of such an initiative, will be analyzed in the light of Foucault’s concept of govermentality.https://journals.openedition.org/netcom/1274Boliviaprojectinternational aidgovernmentalitygeo-environmental informationspatial data infrastructure |
| spellingShingle | Louca Lerch Logiques de projet et régulation publique de l’information géographique Netcom Bolivia project international aid governmentality geo-environmental information spatial data infrastructure |
| title | Logiques de projet et régulation publique de l’information géographique |
| title_full | Logiques de projet et régulation publique de l’information géographique |
| title_fullStr | Logiques de projet et régulation publique de l’information géographique |
| title_full_unstemmed | Logiques de projet et régulation publique de l’information géographique |
| title_short | Logiques de projet et régulation publique de l’information géographique |
| title_sort | logiques de projet et regulation publique de l information geographique |
| topic | Bolivia project international aid governmentality geo-environmental information spatial data infrastructure |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/netcom/1274 |
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