Thanks to Paul Edwards for posting this, this is visually and empirically amazing. I am not sure if it fits Urry´s analysis of offshoring focussing on “Offshore, out of sight, over the horizon are some of the troubling processes and metaphors by which much life has been rendered opaque and dependent upon secrets and lies.” As the map wonderfully shows – offshore is pretty connected to shores…but of course, that map has to render that visible first…
yeah I’m all for foregrounding our enabling backgrounds/infrastructures but drilling is pretty in our faces and still people ignore it:
http://la.curbed.com/2014/7/29/10067206/mapping-all-3000-of-los-angeless-active-oil-wells
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