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Call for Papers:
Straddling the Fence: Theory, Practice and History in Critical GIS
Organizers:
Matthew Wilson, Dept. of Geography, U. of Washington
Barbara Poore, U.S. Geological Survey
This paper session and follow-up panel draw on last year's successful
series of AAG sessions titled "Research design and methodologies for
critical GIS research." Keyed to Michael Goodchild's remarks that
young researchers would be wise to straddle the fence between human
geography and GIS, the paper session will present the work of
researchers who are doing critical research in the study of geographic
information technology use. The panel session that follows will
reflect on current directions and prospects for critical GIS research.
We are interested in considering David O'Sullivan's (2006) recent
Progress report on critical GIS which highlights the importance of
active practice in developing critical GIS theory and calls on
researchers to pay more attention to the social history and political
economy of GIS as a technology. We are interested in reviewing and
evaluating these suggestions and invite others to reflect on the
degree to which O'Sullivan's article appropriately captures the
various 'crises' for those doing critical GIS research, or for those
just beginning to engage critically with GIS development and its
various deployments.
We will organize a panel discussion and a paper session, depending
on the interest in this topic. We encourage presenters to:
* take a position with regard to O'Sullivan's Progress report;
* describe your own experiences with critique in geographic
information technology research;
* offer a re-characterization of progress in critical GIS;
* propose further considerations for the role of the social history of
GIS or the political economy of GIS in critical GIS; and/or
* specify how critical GIS research might engage with the technology
or propose problematics for taking this approach.
We remain open to other directions for this paper session
on the role of theory, practice or social history in critical GIS
research. Please contact co-organizers Matthew Wilson
([log in to unmask]) and Barbara Poore ([log in to unmask]) if
you are interested in participating in this paper session. In
your email, please propose a short description of your paper.
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Matthew W. Wilson
PhD Candidate | Dept. of Geography
The University of Washington
Box 353550 | Seattle, WA 98195
Smith 422
office 206.616.9287
http://students.washington.edu/mwarrenw
http://www.matthew-w-wilson.com
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