GIS, internal colonialism, and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

PALMER, M.

Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, Etats-Unis

RUNDSTROM, R.

Dept. of Geography and Environmental Sustainability , Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, Etats-Unis

Description :
This article analyses the history of geographic information systems development within the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The main finding is that across four decades of effort, the BIA’s pursuit of GIS is better understood as an effort to perpetuate its internal colonial agenda and its own bureaucratic existence during an era of rapid technological upheaval rather than as a trustee’s effort to better manage resources for the greater good of American Indians. It concludes that rather than revolutionizing institutions and setting them on new trajectories toward self-improvement as some have suggested, GIS development is often merely a part of a broader and historically consistent pattern of policymaking and behavior.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Annals of the Association of American Geographers, issn : 0004-5608, 2013, vol. 103, n°. 5, p. 1142-1159, nombre de pages : 18, Références bibliographiques : 4 p.

Date :
2013

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, Washington, DC, Association of American Geographers

Langue :
Anglais