Two things that occur to me that are alternative explanations, which also require more field work: 1. A unique aspect of the aesthetics of the drone camera is how it mimics how we imagine personal flight to be (i.e. if humans had wings): it's much more immanent and intimate than airplane flight given the combination of slow speed and low level altitude in most of these videos. 2. There is the obvious political aspect of "populist" drone use that is a direct challenge to its use by police, military, and other government organizations, which the author mentions. But I wonder if there is also the old politics of the scamp coming through, by which I mean, drones are used to unnerve people or disrupt things, which may or may not be overtly political per se, and are instead done for the drone user's happy mayhem. The mere presence of a drone controlled by "just anyone" inherently calls into question the use of drones in general. On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Daniel Kunzelmann < kunzelmann.daniel@yahoo.de> wrote:
Used for surveillance, drones hunt or kill. But could their air power also be understood as cultural capital? http://transformations-blog. com/would-you-mind-my-drone-taking-a-picture-of-us-2/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/ listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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