Katherine G. Sammler
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Katherine G. Sammler is a geographer whose research lies at the intersection of digital geographies, media studies, and critical resource extraction. Her work examines how emerging technologies—from automation to digitization—are reshaping the spatial and environmental relations of natural resource extraction, particularly in remote and offshore frontiers. In her most-cited paper, “Unblackboxing mediation in the digital mine” (2023, 12 citations), Sammler draws on media theory to reveal how digital tools are not neutral intermediaries but active agents that respatialize technical and environmental relations, both on land and at sea. By “unblackboxing” these technologies, she demonstrates how they obscure the material and political realities of extraction while enabling new forms of control and exploitation. Though early in her career, Sammler’s work is already gaining traction for its novel synthesis of digital geography and critical resource studies. Her scholarship offers vital insights for students and researchers interested in the environmental politics of technology, the geographies of automation, and the hidden infrastructures that mediate our relationship with the planet’s most remote resources.
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- 1Unblackboxing mediation in the digital mine12 citations · 2023