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    Accès libre
    Entre formalitĂ© et informalitĂ© : Ă©tude critique sur l’intĂ©gration de drones au sein de la Police neuchâteloise
    En Suisse, l’utilisation des drones policiers Ă  des fins sĂ©curitaires s’accentue depuis les annĂ©es 2000. Pourtant, les citoyens suisses restent peu informĂ©s de leur introduction ainsi que des multiples usages qui en sont faits dans le milieu policier. Alors que de nombreuses institutions publiques Ă  vocation sĂ©curitaire prĂ´nent la transparence, l’intĂ©gration de cette nouvelle technologie numĂ©rique se fonde-t-elle sur des mĂ©canismes majoritairement formels ou informels ? BasĂ© sur des donnĂ©es qualitatives issues d’entretiens ainsi que d’observations de terrain auprès de la Police neuchâteloise (Suisse), cet article dĂ©montre que l’acquisition de systèmes de drones policiers relève d’un ensemble de processus interdĂ©pendants qui se complètent et rĂ©sultent de nombreuses mĂ©diations sociotechniques conjuguant des mĂ©canismes formels et informels. Du point de vue plus conceptuel, cet article met en lumière l’importance des mĂ©canismes pratiques et relationnels entre des acteurs publics et privĂ©s ainsi qu’avec l’objet concernĂ©. L’agencement dynamique de certains individus, de certaines idĂ©es et choses est dès lors identifiĂ© et Ă©tudiĂ© afin de brosser un portrait exploratoire des enjeux en matière d’informalitĂ© qui gravitent autour de l’acquisition de drones policiers.
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    Métadonnées seulement
    Drones d'utilité publique: Une acceptabilité controversée
    En Suisse, l’utilisation des drones par les autorités publiques est en pleine émergence depuis la fin des années 90. Pourtant, l’opinion publique vis-à-vis de cette technologie reste méconnue, alors que ces appareils soulèvent de cruciaux enjeux sociétaux, notamment en matière de surveillance, d’efficacité et de sécurité. Partant de ce constat, le présent article s’intéresse à la perception et à l’acceptabilité sociale des drones militaires et policiers en Suisse. À partir de données quantitatives provenant d’une enquête par questionnaire réalisée auprès d’habitants du canton de Neuchâtel, ce papier démontre l’importance (1) des connaissances préalables concernant cette technologie, (2) de la vision populaire de son utilité et (3) de la perception des risques associés, pour comprendre l’acceptabilité sociale des drones. Cette analyse mobilise le concept de « distance mentale » pour expliquer les résultats observés.
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    Accès libre
    Professional drone usage in Switzerland : results of a quantitative survey of public and private drone users
    (2018) ; ; ;
    Stuber, Lea
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    Placì, Rahel
    In recent years, drones have become much more accessible as professional tools for public and private actors. The technology has been integrated into everyday working routines and has created new professional fields. These developments have sparked increased media attention and socio-political debate regarding the opportunities and risks of drone use, and the necessary regulatory response. However, in Switzerland as elsewhere, no detailed study has explored who uses drones, when, where and for what reasons. Addressing this research lacuna, this paper summarizes the main findings of a quantitative survey of public and private drone users in Switzerland. On this basis, the paper highlights the extent, modalities and expected future evolutions of professional drone usage in the country and underscores the related key issues, in economic, privacy- and security-related terms. The paper thus informs citizens, public agencies and the private sector of the various dimensions and effects of current evolutions in the field of drone utilization, raises awareness of the advantages and problems of the technology and, ultimately, favours critical democratic debate.
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    Métadonnées seulement
    Big data from the sky: popular perceptions of private drones in Switzerlan
    Camera-fitted drones are now easily affordable for the public. The resulting extension of the vertical gaze raises a series of critical questions, ranging from the changing regimes of visibility and control that characterise today's world of big data from the sky to the novel opportunities, risks, and power dynamics hence implied. The paper addresses these issues empirically, focussing on the popular perception of commercial and hobby drones in Switzerland. This provides a deeper understanding of the driving forces and obstacles that shape current drone developments and highlights that the societal diffusion of private drones today transforms the very ways in which the aerial realm is lived and perceived, as a highly contested space of risks, opportunities, and power. This discussion is rooted in a research approach that places questions of power and (air-)space at the centre when approaching the drone problematic.
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    Accès libre
    Power and space in the drone age: a literature review and politico-geographical research agenda
    Abstract. Camera-fitted drones are now easily affordable to the public. The resulting proliferation of the aerial gaze raises a series of critical issues, ranging from the changing regimes of visibility across urban and rural space to the novel risks and dynamics of control implied by current drone developments. The paper argues that a distinct "spatial curiosity" and "power sensitivity" are required if we are to grasp and explore these issues. On this basis, and grounded in an extensive literature review, the paper outlines a politico-geographical research agenda for the investigation of the making, functioning and implications of drone systems. Such an agenda, it is claimed, could afford deepened insight into the driving forces that are behind current drone developments, would show how drones work in different institutional contexts, and could highlight how drones impact on the envisioned reality. This in turn would provide a deepened understanding of the "politics of visibility", "politics of the air" and "politics of the ground" conveyed by drones, and open up a wider conceptual reflection on the role of the aerial dimension in the projection of power across and within space.