Ursula biemanns remote sensing and black sea files by kathryn brown get pdf 23 mb. Remote sensing and geographical information system gis. Remote sensing is a two year project resulting in a split screen digital video tracing the topographies of the global sex trade in relation to satellite media and other geographic information technologies that visualise globality. Biemann navigates a unique path through critical dialogues on the global sex trade, feminist geography and media activism and her video will become a. Female body traffic in ulrich seidls importexport and ursula biemanns remote sensing and europlex. Hand in hand with her critique of digital technologies of visualization, biemann constructs a thought. Female body traffic in ulrich seidls importexport and ursula biemann s remote sensing and europlex users without a subscription are not able to see the full content. The recently released 53minute video essay remote sensing by the swiss artist and video director ursula biemann traces the routes and. Biemann, ursula 2001, remote sensing, video essay, 53 mins. Remote sensing for soil survey applications janis boettinger professor of pedology. The technology of modern remote sensing has a very long history, dating back to the end of the 19th century with the invention of the camera. In remote sensing, ursula biemann takes the visual outputs of these technologies and juxtaposes them with images of women in order to account for the invisible gendered dimensions of globalization and to propose a feminist countergeography. The transnational video, in stuffitthe video essay in the digital age voldemeerspringer, 2003.
The scientist as an explorer and important mediator of the contemporary understanding of our planetary ecosystems is a central figure in this video. Remote sensing exposes what it means to sense the world remotely and charts the ambivalences surrounding the media technologies used to track, monitor and sense womens bodies from a distance. Female body traffic in ulrich seidls importexport and ursula biemanns remote sensing and europlex users without a subscription are not able to see the full content. Dec 01, 2014 biemann, ursula 2001, remote sensing, video essay, 53 mins.
Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object and thus in contrast to onsite observation, especially the earth. Having regard to two video works produced by ursula biemann, remote sensing 2001 and the black sea files 2005, this article examines the portrayal of female displacement and migration in the context of miranda frickers recent discussion of. Remote sensing applications include monitoring deforestation in areas such as the amazon basin, glacial features in arctic and antarctic regions, and depth sounding of coastal and ocean depths. Remote sensing is used in numerous fields, including geography, land surveying and most earth science disciplines for example, hydrology, ecology, meteorology, oceanography, glaciology, geology. Remote sensing 2001, a topography of the global sex trade in the age of geographic information systems developing a visual language on the worldwide trafficking and migration of. May 01, 2011 home location of resource at cwc remote sensing multimedia resource. Remote sensing as a technology can be said to have started with the appearance of the first photographs. Moraine by 1997, at least six civilian land remote sensing satellite systems were being operated by the united states, france, india, japan, canada, russia, and the european space agency. Ursula biemann liverpool biennial of contemporary art. Thus, wavelengths of the solar spectrum from the uv to the ir are accessible and thermal emission by the earth atmosphere system is available from about 4 pm to the far infrared and microwave region. However any media such as gravity or magnetic fields can. The use of remote sensing imagery to monitor emergency. History of remote sensing the knowledge about the history of remote sensing is necessary for better understanding of the subject and its scope, and also for future development, particularly for the welfare of human society. Application g the final element of the remote sensing process is.
Remote sensing can be defined as any process whereby information is. Ursula biemanns remote sensing and black sea files. In her geobodies video essay projectsperforming the border, about the feminization of labor in ciudad juarez on the u. By the first world war, cameras mounted on airplanes provided aerial views of fairly large surface areas that proved invaluable. Globalization, literature, film and the new economy, seminar 47. Mission reports exhibition period 10 february to 6 may 2012 opening thusday, 9 february 2012, 7 p. Like the previous two video essays, remote sensing draws on the resources of feminist research networks and the traditions of feminist activism to explore the feminineintransit rather than the feminineintransition. Crossings by land, water and air, opening lecture by. Remote sensing makes it possible to collect data of dangerous or inaccessible areas. This guideline explores some of the basic analysis options for agricultural applications of remote sensing data. Writing desire reorganizing women on a global scale.
Performing the border, writing desire, remote sensing, and europlex pamela c. Despite the established utility of remote sensing technology in a wide variety of applications, the state of the u. Having regard to two video works produced by ursula biemann, remote sensing 2001 and the black sea files 2005, this article examines the portrayal of female displacement and migration in the context of miranda frickers recent discussion of epistemic injustice. And if so, do you think that the crossing of the border can change this. The vertical perspective in ursula biemanns remote.
History of remote sensing national dong hwa university. Passive remote sensing uses natural radiation sources such as the sun or the emission of the earth and atmosphere itself. The recently released 53minute video essay remote sensing by the. In a series of video projects that are widely exhibited internationally, as well as in several important booksbeen there and back to. Remote sensing is defined as the science and technology by which the characteristics of objects of interest can be identified, measured or analyzed the characteristics without direct contact electromagnetic radiation which is reflected or emitted from an object is the usual source of remote sensing data. In this 53minute long video essay, a range of satellite images, animations of satellites, and other found footage that relates to satellite operativity can be found. Biemann navigates a unique path through critical dialogues on the global sex trade, feminist geography and media activism and her video will become. Once remote sensing data have been collected, the user must interpret the data to derive the information needed to help make decisions. Contained mobility embedded fieldwork and global oil circulation.
The recently released 53minute video essay remote sensing by the swiss artist and video director ursula biemann traces the routes and reasons of women who migrate into the global sex. Jun 15, 2005 voluntarily or not, women are moved in great numbers from manila to nigeria, from burma to thailand, and from postsocialist countries to western europe. The reactor complex is the green rectangular area located just to the left of the black cooling pond. The socalled aerial photo emerged in the 1840s with pictures taken from balloons. The discussion shows that remote sensing and the black sea files do not just illuminate the distinctive harm of testimonial injustice, but also deepen current debates in analytical philosophy. Once remote sensing data have been collected, the user must interpret the data to derive the information needed to.
The development of remote sensing over time can be broadly divided into following six phases. Remote sensing laboratories of art and science, vice. Europlex, followed by a number of multichannel video projects contained. Remote sensing is the process of acquiring datainformation about. Swiss artist and video director ursula biemann is tracing the routes and. Initially cameras were used to take photographs on the ground, which provided and still does a fascinating and exciting way to capture moments in time and keep a record of something that happened, which looked more realistic than a drawing or painting. Rosi this item is available as part of virtual commons, the openaccess institutional repository of bridgewater state university, bridgewater, massachusetts. Images from us and french remote sensing satellites monitored the activity at the site. This thesis investigates how vertical perspectives and the satellite technologies that produce them are situated in ursula biemanns remote sensing 2001. Focusing on ways in which the videos demonstrate instances of testimonial injustice, it is argued that biemann s work. Remote sensing is the agile and adept work of ursula biemann, a german artist, theorist, and curator, whose interest in questions of gender and globalization has been at the centre of multiple videos, books, and curatorial projects. Remote sensing measurements represented as a series of digital numbers the larger this number, the higher the radiometric resolution, and the sharper the imagery spectral bands and resolution for various sensors cimss.
Beyond the theme of abjection, she also describes carnivalisation as a possible way of. Fundamentals of remote sensing university of novi sad. Ursula biemann abstract volunturily or not, women are moved in great numbers from manila to nigeria, from burma to thailand, and from postsocialist countries to western. Female body traffic in ulrich seidls importexport and.
Biemann navigates a unique path through critical dialogues on the global sex trade, feminist geography and. Pdf having regard to two video works produced by ursula biemann, remote sensing 2001 and the black sea files 2005, this article. Remote sensing, about transnational sex labor markets. Female body traffic in ulrich seidls film importexport and ursula biemanns remote sensing and europlex, special issue. Deputy director, commercial imagery data and programs office. The vertical perspective in ursula biemanns remote sensing 2001. In this 53minute long video essay, a range of satellite images, animations of satellites, and other found. The recently released 53minute video essay remote sensing by the swiss artist and video director ursula biemann traces the routes and reasons of women who. Ursula biemann is an artist, theorist and curator who has in recent years produced a considerable body of work on migration, mobility, technology and gender. Remote sensing is a technique to observe the earth surface or the atmosphere from out of space using satellites space borne or from the air using aircrafts airborne.
Principles of remote sensing shefali aggarwal photogrammetry and remote sensing division indian institute of remote sensing, dehra dun abstract. Ursula biemann, contained mobility video still, 2004. Remote sensing in this film, ursula biemann traces the routes and reasons of women who travel across the globe for work in the sex industry. Sep 01, 2011 female body traffic in ulrich seidls importexport and ursula biemann s remote sensing and europlex. Voluntarily or not, women are moved in great numbers from manila to nigeria, from burma to thailand, and from postsocialist countries to western europe. Home location of resource at cwc remote sensing multimedia resource. Quite a challenge to map soils in remote and rugged terrain, such as in the san rafael swell of central utah. The recently released 53minute video essay remote sensing by the swiss artist and video director ursula biemann traces the routes and reasons of women who migrate into the global sex industry. Ursula biemann previous next her art and curatorial work focuses on gender relations in economy, media and geography, including a twoyear project, kultiir, on gender and urban politics in istanbul and videos on the usmexico border, the global sex industry and the spanish moroccan borderlands. The video unravels the multilayered meaning of a geography in which the mobility and migration of women is linked to. The recently released 53minute video essay remote sensing by the swiss artist and video director ursula biemann traces.