Genocide and GIScience: Integrating Personal Narratives and Geographic Information Science to Study Human Rights

Madden, Marguerite; Ross, Amy

doi:10.1080/00330120903163480

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“…An early and noteworthy contribution to incorporating a qualitative data analysis component within a GIS software platform is that of Kwan and Ding (2008), who aim to give spatio-temporal expression to narrative accounts of individuals’ stories and reflections of their personal experiences, what the authors’ term the ‘geo-narrative.’ A similar idea is described by Madden and Ross (2009) who demonstrate how geospatial technologies can be used to complement and enrich narrative testimonials of individuals related to issues of human rights. Caquard (2011) argues that advancing mapping technologies facilities the spatial expression of personal narratives as captured not only in qualitative research but also film, novels, and other creative works.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 86%

Qualitative GIS and the visualization of narrative activity space data

Mennis

Mason

Cao

2013

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

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Qualitative activity space data, i.e. qualitative data associated with the routine locations and activities of individuals, are recognized as increasingly useful by researchers in the social and health sciences for investigating the influence of environment on human behavior. However, there has been little research on techniques for exploring qualitative activity space data. This research illustrates the theoretical principles of combining qualitative and quantitative data and methodologies within the context of GIS, using visualization as the means of inquiry. Through the use of a prototype implementation of a visualization system for qualitative activity space data, and its application in a case study of urban youth, we show how these theoretical methodological principles are realized in applied research. The visualization system uses a variety of visual variables to simultaneously depict multiple qualitative and quantitative attributes of individuals’ activity spaces. The visualization is applied to explore the activity spaces of a sample of urban youth participating in a study on the geographic and social contexts of adolescent substance use. Examples demonstrate how the visualization may be used to explore individual activity spaces to generate hypotheses, investigate statistical outliers, and explore activity space patterns among subject subgroups.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 86%

Qualitative GIS and the visualization of narrative activity space data

Mennis

Mason

Cao

2013

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

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“…Some scholars trace trends of increasing surveillance and state/ private-sector control over the production and circulation of geospatial imagery, maps, and the resources needed to produce and share them Gerlach 2010;Leszczynski 2012). Others suggest that neogeography constitutes new spaces of civic engagement or resistance and begins to level access to cartography, geovisual imagery, and deliberative or decision-making forums in which they are used (Madden and Ross 2009;Okolloh 2009;Meier 2011). In particular, as scholars have debated this empowerment/marginalization dialectic (Sheppard 2005), there has been a great deal of interest in whether and how neogeography might enable the participation, influence, and agency of less powerful actors.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Another Politics Is Possible: Neogeographies, Visual Spatial Tactics, and Political Formation

Elwood

Mitchell

2013

Cartographica

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Neogeography -the use of interactive online mapping technologies, often by laypersons or grassroots groups -continues its rapid growth, as do debates about its implications for spatial data and map quality, public spatial literacy, and the digital divide. Ongoing efforts to understand whether and how neogeography might enable the participation, influence, and agency of less powerful social actors require greater attention to theorizing neogeography politics. Existing work, tacitly or explicitly, tends to theorize these politics in ways that align with Michel de Certeau's notion of ''strategy'' or its conceptual partner, ''tactics. '' We argue that a neogeography politics conceived as ''strategy'' has inherent limits and that the political significance of neogeography ''tactics'' is even more foundational than has been understood thus far. Recent work has shown neogeography to be a powerful site of political action or engagement, but our evidence suggests further that visual spatial tactics in neogeography are also key sites of political formation. Neogeography tactics are significant not just as a site of resistance or political action by less powerful actors but also as practices that contribute to the formation of political subjects, mobilized social groups, and shared knowledge. Recognizing neogeography as a site of political formation paves the way toward realizing its broader potential in the development and practice of a critical spatial citizenship. We develop these arguments from a three-year neogeography project conducted with young teens. RÉSUMÉSi la néogéographie -l'utilisation de technologies pour la cartographie interactive en ligne, souvent par des amateurs ou des groupes communautaires -poursuit sa croissance rapide, il en est de même des débats concernant ses répercussions sur les données spatiales et la qualité des cartes, la littératie spatiale publique et le fossé numérique. Il faudrait consacrer plus d'efforts et d'attention afin de mieux comprendre comment la néogéographie pourrait favoriser la participation, ainsi que l'effet et le rôle d'agents sociaux moins puissants, afin d'établir une théorie concernant les politiques de la néogéographie. Les travaux existants ont tendance, implicitement ou explicitement, à élaborer des théories sur ces politiques d'une manière qui s'harmonise avec la notion de « stratégie » de Michel de Certeau ou celle de son partenaire conceptuel, « tactique ». L'argument énoncé dans l'article est qu'une politique de la néogéographie conçue comme « stratégie » possède des limites inhérentes et que l'importance politique des « tactiques » néogéographiques serait encore plus essentielle que ce qu'on a cru jusqu'à présent. De récents travaux ont montré que la néogéographie peut devenir un moyen puissant d'action politique ou d'engagement, mais nos résultats suggèrent que les tactiques spatiales visuelles en néogéographie sont aussi des sites clés de formation politique. Les tactiques néogéographiques sont importantes non seulement comme site de résistance ou d'action pol...

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“…GIS-based visualization and spatial analysis used in conjunction with qualitative methods such as focus groups, interviews, ethnographic methods and participatory action Kwan & Ding, 2008;Madden & Ross, 2009;Preston & Wilson, 2014). Qualitative GIS is a mixed methods approach with roots in the larger critical GIS movement.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%