@article{Propen_2015, title={Critical GPS: Toward a New Politics of Location}, volume={4}, url={https://acme-journal.org/index.php/acme/article/view/731}, abstractNote={This paper aims to extend the purview of critical GIS to also account for what would be akin to a critical GPS by examining two cases where GPS technology is used as a similar means to two decidedly different ends. I look at Acme-Rent-a-Car’s use of GPS technology to track the driving speed of their customers and then fine their customers for speeding, and the Amsterdam Real-Time Project’s recent use of GPS technology to create, for aesthetic purposes, maps of the real-time movements of individual Amsterdam citizens. I examine the social implications of a consenting or nonconsenting subject who is always already locatable. I suggest that the questions raised by each of these two cases are indicative of a social dilemma in GPS, and thus advocate for a critical engagement with GPS technology.}, number={1}, journal={ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies}, author={Propen, Amy D.}, year={2015}, month={Mar.}, pages={131–144} }