Dear Muki,
This is very interesting, thank you very much for these references,
which I will read and use. If you are free in the next few months, I
would greatly appreciate an interview. It is extremely rare and
fortunate to find someone who is both a GIS expert and who has applied
that expertise to a military such as the Israeli Defence Forces. You
are absolutely correct, it is time for critical geographers to engage,
and I would be extremely interested in the real world debate. Please
feel free to contact me at this email address if you would be
interested in meeting in person.
best wishes,
Nadia
On 23 May 2005, at 13:12, Muki Haklay wrote:
> Nadia,
>
> It is easy to sneer at the directions that geotechnologies are taking
> us, but this is not enough without an action.
>
> Currently, it is the GIScientists who are raising some alarm - for
> example, two years ago, it was Dobson and Fisher who warned about the
> threat of Geoslavery [1]. Media stories are already exposing the real
> impact of these technologies [2]. As these stories and essays expose,
> oppression can many time come from spouse or parent (many time Males),
> while military style C&C can come useful in recovery operations. Maps
> are about control, and military/control applications are still
> dominating geotechnologies applications. This also include knowing
> where the workers of FedEx are at any moment, and checking that they
> are driving and not ""time thieving"" (yet another sort of oppression)
>
> If you think that we've reach some climax, than read carefully about
> Optag [3] (which did went through an ethical/legal review) or learn
> about developments such as Wireless Sensor Networks, or the
> development of the OGC Sensor Web.
>
> The most important thing is the lack of engagement of critical
> Geographers in the real world debate about the impact of
> geotechnologies. Apart from a very small group of people who are
> engaged in the developments of geotechnologies and write about them
> (not just in exclusive publications such as Society and Space, but in
> other media), most of critical Geography does not care, discuss or
> write about geotechnologies. Critical geography is best placed to
> understand, explain and warn the public at large about the implication
> of these technologies. It is shame that all we get from it is
> sneering at the double speak of GIS vendors!
>
> Muki Haklay
>
>
> [1] DOI: 10.1109/MTAS.2003.1188276,
> ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/abs_free.jsp?arNumber=1188276
> [2]
> http://www.popsci.com/popsci/generaltech/article/
> 0,20967,713307,00.html
> [3] http://www-research.ge.ucl.ac.uk/Optag/
> Nadia
> wrote:http://www.esri.com/events/homeland/papers/call-for-papers.html
>>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> The description of the conference is pretty mild: Emergency
>> response, Public health, Evacuation planning, Business continuity,
>> Agriculture, Disease tracking.
>>
>> But the call for papers is somewhat more explicit: Surveillance,
>> Situational Awareness, Protection and Preparedness, Command and
>> Control, Interagency Collaboration.
>>
>> Lovely. Anyone up for submitting an abstract entitled "big brother"?
>>
>> Nadia
>>
>> ESRI Homeland Security GIS Summit
>>
>> September 12–14, 2005
>> Adam's Mark Hotel
>> Denver, Colorado
>> ◦ Main
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>> ◦ Conference Schedule
>>
>> Invitation to Exhibit
>>
>> Events and Activities
>> ◦ Sessions and Workshops
>> ◦ Map Gallery Submissions
>> Call for Papers
>> More Info
>> ◦ Contact Us
>> ◦ Subscribe to My ESRI News
>>
>>
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>>
>> Call for Papers
>> Share Your Knowledge
>>
>> Submission Deadline: May 27, 2005
>>
>> You are invited to submit abstracts for possible presentation at the
>> ESRI Homeland Security GIS Summit.
>>
>> The ESRI Homeland Security GIS Summit offers a wealth of information
>> from ESRI staff, exhibitors, and business partners. However,
>> information about real-world applications of GIS comes from the ESRI
>> user community.
>>
>> Paper presentations will cover a wide range of subjects from
>> implementation processes and organizational issues to project results
>> and lessons learned along the way.
>>
>>
>>
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>> Submit Your Abstract
>>
>> Based on content and types of paper presentations, tracks will be
>> developed that focus on a particular topic or agency. Paper topics
>> should focus on one of the following
>> ◦ Surveillance
>> ◦ Situational Awareness
>> ◦ Protection and Preparedness
>> ◦ Command and Control
>> ◦ Interagency Collaboration
>
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