Luis Alvarez León Presents on his New Book for the Boston Public Library

Watch Luis F. Alvarez León present on his new book, The Map in the Machine, for the Boston Public Library's Leventhal Map & Education Center's new exhibit Processing Place.

From the Leventhal Map & Education Center:

In this talk, based on his recent book, The Map in the Machine, Luis F. Alvarez León examines these advances, from MapQuest and Google Maps to the rise of IP geolocation, ridesharing, and a new Earth Observation satellite ecosystem. He develops a geographical theory of digital capitalism centered on the processes of location, valuation, and marketization to provide a new vantage point from which to better understand, and intervene in, the dominant techno-economic paradigm of our time. By centering the spatiality of digital capitalism, Alvarez León shows how this system is the product not of seemingly intangible information clouds but rather of a vast array of technologies, practices, and infrastructures deeply rooted in place, mediated by geography, and open to contestation and change.

Presentation URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pATfZ6KcJUI