Knowledge Production through Critical GIS: Genealogy and Prospects

Sheppard, Eric

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“…Hybridized geographic/cartographic approaches have been vital in framing and theorizing the societal challenges related to emerging map practices and technologies (Leszczynski & Wilson, 2013;Ricker et al, 2014). Furthermore, critical geographic perspectives have identified historical limitations of user studies in cartography and are also shaping new ways for conducting such research (D'Ignazio & Klein, 2016;Elwood, 2010;Sheppard, 2005), including the UCD studies discussed below (Sack, 2013). Opportunities for hybridization continue to present themselves as geography and cartography further converge at the site of the mobile map.…”

Section: Geographymentioning

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User studies in cartography: opportunities for empirical research on interactive maps and visualizations

Roth

Çöltekin

Delazari

et al. 2017

International Journal of Cartography

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The possibility of digital interactivity requires us to reenvision the map reader as the map user, and to address the perceptual, cognitive, cultural, and practical considerations that influence the user's experience with interactive maps and visualizations. In this article, we present an agenda for empirical research on this user and the interactive designs he or she employs. The research agenda is a result of a multi-stage discussion among international scholars facilitated by the International Cartographic Association that included an early round of position papers and two subsequent workshops to narrow into pressing themes and important research opportunities. The focus of our discussion is epistemological and reflects the wide interdisciplinary influences on user studies in cartography. The opportunities are presented as imperatives that cross basic research and user-centered design studies, and identify practical impediments to empirical research, emerging interdisciplinary recommendations to improve user studies, and key research needs specific to the study of interactive maps and visualizations.

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Section: Geographymentioning

confidence: 99%

User studies in cartography: opportunities for empirical research on interactive maps and visualizations

Roth

Çöltekin

Delazari

et al. 2017

International Journal of Cartography

116

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“…First, we note that most of the research concerning the use of GIS to support decision-making has been about GIS development rather than about GIS use, 'without a strong theoretical link between the two' (Jankowski and Nyerges , 2001, p. 263). An exception might be the niche in cartography where the social constructivist approach to mapping, also called critical GIS, seems a recurring theme since Harley's "Deconstructing the Map" (Harley, 1989a and1989b;Pickles, 1995;Harvey, 2000;Brown and Laurier, 2005;Sheppard, 2005;Harvey et al, 2005;Chrisman, 2005;Schuurman, 2005;Duncan and Lach, 2006;Crumplin, 2007). But in our view, this area seems to be more dedicated to the production of map-and GIS information in the social environment of the 'GIS-room' than about the use of it for regional policymaking and planning.…”

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Emerging conflict in collaborative mapping: Towards a deeper understanding?

Carton¹,

Thissen²

2009

Journal of Environmental Management

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In spatial planning and environmental management, maps are found very helpful in many situations, but in other situations they may also deepen conflicts or be ignored. This paper addresses the question what explains such phenomena, with particular emphasis on, and reference to, collaborative policymaking settings in the Netherlands.We have elaborated the concept of 'frames' and 'framing' to structure and analyze the function of maps in the context of deliberative policymaking. With help of discourse analysis, a method adopted from the policy sciences, we have observed ongoing multi-actor processes and focused on discussions around maps in several case-studies. From the observations of both the maps themselves and the discussions and actions with the maps, we have interpreted the meaning and frames represented 'in' the map images, as well as the various perspectives of actors 'on' the collaborative use of the map. We have 1 Present address: School of Management, Spatial Planning group, Radboud University Nijmegen, Thomas van Aquinostraat 3, P.O. Box 9108, 6500 HK Nijmegen, the Netherlands. tel: ++31 24 3612724. email address: L.Carton@fm.ru.nl 1 conceptualized three fundamentally different perspectives or frames on the function of maps in the decision-making process. The cross-frame debate over maps is illustrated with the recollection of one particular map-making example. We conclude that the conflicts observed in a number of case studies can be adequately explained with help of the three identified frames, and provide some recommendations for the profession of mapping.

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“…It follows Newton who views spatiality as absolute conceptualizations, representing space as independent spatial features (e.g., discrete vector features or raster cells), rather than Einstein and Leibnitz who view space as relational [31]. Therefore, traditional GIS has often been criticized for its inadequacy in representing relational spaces of social power and subjective differences among its analyzed objects [26,32].…”

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Towards Enhancing Integrated Pest Management Based on Volunteered Geographic Information

Yan

Feng

Chang

2017

IJGI

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Integrated pest management (IPM) involves integrating multiple pest control methods based on site information obtained through inspection, monitoring, and reports. IPM has been deployed to achieve the judicious use of pesticides and has become one of the most important methods of securing agricultural productivity. Despite the efforts made to strengthen IPM during the past decades, overuse as well as indiscriminate use of pesticides is still common. This problem is particularly serious in underserved farming communities which suffer from ineffectiveness with respect to pest management information collection and dissemination. The recent development of volunteered geographic information (VGI) offers an opportunity to the general public to create and receive ubiquitous, cost-effective, and timely geospatial information. Therefore, this study proposes to enhance IPM through establishing a VGI-based IPM. As a starting point of this line of research, this study explored how such geospatial information can contribute to IPM enhancement. Based on this, a conceptual framework of VGI interaction was built to guide the establishment of VGI-based IPM. To implement VGI-based IPM, a mobile phone platform was developed. In addition, a case study was conducted in the town of Shuibian in Jiangxi province of China to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. In the case study, by analyzing infestation incidents of an overwintering outbreak of striped rice stem borers voluntarily reported by farmers through mobile phones, spatiotemporal infestation patterns of the borers throughout the study area were revealed and disseminated to the farmers. These patterns include the dates and degree-days the pest infestations intensified, and the orientation or spatial structural variations of the clustering of the infestations. This case study showcased the unique merit of VGI in enhancing IPM, namely the acquisition of previously unrecorded spatial data in a cost-effective and real-time manner for discovering and disseminating previously unknown pest management knowledge.

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Knowledge Production through Critical GIS: Genealogy and Prospects

Cited by 162 publications

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User studies in cartography: opportunities for empirical research on interactive maps and visualizations

User studies in cartography: opportunities for empirical research on interactive maps and visualizations

Emerging conflict in collaborative mapping: Towards a deeper understanding?

Towards Enhancing Integrated Pest Management Based on Volunteered Geographic Information

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