Sandvik / Jumbert The Good Drone

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-01752-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 212 Seiten

Reihe: Emerging Technologies, Ethics and International Affairs

While the military use of drones has been the subject of much scrutiny, the use of drones for humanitarian purposes has so far received little attention. As the starting point for this study, it is argued that the prospect of using drones for humanitarian and other life-saving activities has produced an alternative discourse on drones, dedicated to develop and publicize the endless possibilities that drones have for "doing good". Furthermore, it is suggested that the Good Drone narrative has been appropriated back into the drone warfare discourse, as a strategy to make war "more human". This book explores the role of the Good Drone as an organizing narrative for political projects, technology development and humanitarian action. Its contribution to the debate is to take stock of the multiple logics and rationales according to which drones are "good", with a primary objective to initiate a critical conversation about the political currency of "good". This study recognizes the many possibilities for the use of drones and takes these possibilities seriously by critically examining the difference the drones' functionalities can make, but also what difference the presence of drones themselves – as unmanned and flying objects – make. Discussed and analysed are the implications for the drone industry, user communities, and the areas of crisis where drones are deployed.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora

Sandvik, Kristin

Jumbert, Maria Gabrielsen

Jumbert, Maria

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert and Kristin Bergtora Sandvik

What Does It Take to Be Good?

Chapter 1: Susanne Krasmann

Targeted ‘Killer Drones’ and the Humanitarian Discourse: On a Liaison

Chapter 2: John Karlsrud and Frederik Rosén

Lifting the Fog of War? Opportunities and Challenges of Drones in UN Peace Operations

Chapter 3: Kristoffer Lidén and Kristin Bergtora Sandvik

Poison Pill or Cure-All: Drones and the Protection of Civilians

Chapter 4: Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert

Creating the EU Drone: Control, Sorting, and Search and Rescue at Sea

Chapter 5: Kristin Bergtora Sandvik

The Public Order Drone: Proliferation and Disorder in Civil Airspace

Chapter 6: Brad Bolman

A Revolution in Agricultural Affairs: Dronoculture, Precision, Capital

Chapter 7: Serge Wich, Lorna Scott, and Lian Pin Koh

Wings for Wildlife: the use of Conservation Drones, challenges and opportunities

Chapter 8: Mareile Kaufmann

Drone/Body: the Drone’s Power to Sense and Construct Emergencies

Über Autor(innen)

Kristin Bergtora Sandvik is Senior researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and the Director of the Norwegian Center for Humanitarian Studies. Dr Sandvik holds a doctorate from Harvard Law School.

Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert is Senior researcher at PRIO. She holds a PhD in International Relations, from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, SciencesPo Paris.