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Dear all, We are looking for one paper to fill out this two-part session on historicizing big data and geo-information. Over the weekend, one of our papers unfortunately had to withdraw. In this session, we are seeking papers which historicize and account for the centrality that databases and computational geo-information have assumed within social scientific, state, and/or everyday practices. The range of possible topics may include the adoption of predictive security techniques by nominally democratic states, climate modeling, the uses of geo-informational databases for urban planning purposes. We are looking for a paper that *historicizes *these techno-material practices; in other words, we would prefer not to focus too much on contemporary (e.g., post-9/11) policies and practices. Please send your abstract to me ([log in to unmask]) no later than *Wednesday, October 28, 2015. * Best, Oliver Belcher -- Oliver Belcher Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Geography University of Oulu, Finland Twitter: @darpadreaming "The hope that earthly horror does not possess the last word is, to be sure, a non-scientific wish." Max Horkheimer "No one likes armed missionaries." Maximilien Robespierre