Controversy mapping: a field guide
Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA:
Polity Press
(2022), xx, 334 pp., illustr., diagr., maps, bibliogr. p.293-328, index
ISBN 978-1-5095-4451-6 (pbk); 978-1-5095-4450-9 (hbk); 978-1-5095-4452-3 (online)
"Controversy Mapping is the first book to introduce readers to the observation and representation of contested issues on digital media. Drawing on actor-network theory and digital methods, Venturini and Munk outline the conceptual underpinnings and the many tools and techniques of controversy mapping. They review its history in science and technology studies, discuss its methodological potential, and unfold its political implications. Through a range of cases and examples, they demonstrate how to chart actors and issues using digital fieldwork and computational techniques." (Back cover)
Contents
Introduction, 1
I. FEATURES OF CONTROVERSIAL LANDSCAPES
1 Why map controversies? 27
2 A proliferation of issues, 55
3 Making room for more actors, 80
II. TOOLS OF SOCIAL CARTOGRAPHY
4 Exploring controversies as actor-networks, 109
5 Exploring controversies with digital methods, 142
6 Collecting and curating digital records, 163
7 Visual network analysis, 189
III. POLITICS OF MAPMAKING
8 Representing controversies, 215
9 Mapmaking as a form of intervention, 254
Controversy mapping in the shadow of Gaia, 274
A conversation with Bruno Latour, 285
I. FEATURES OF CONTROVERSIAL LANDSCAPES
1 Why map controversies? 27
2 A proliferation of issues, 55
3 Making room for more actors, 80
II. TOOLS OF SOCIAL CARTOGRAPHY
4 Exploring controversies as actor-networks, 109
5 Exploring controversies with digital methods, 142
6 Collecting and curating digital records, 163
7 Visual network analysis, 189
III. POLITICS OF MAPMAKING
8 Representing controversies, 215
9 Mapmaking as a form of intervention, 254
Controversy mapping in the shadow of Gaia, 274
A conversation with Bruno Latour, 285
