qualitative gis guest lecture
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A lecture I gave on how to analyze and conceptualize qualitative data and qualitative methods in GIS. Broader focus than traditional desktop-based GIS.TRANSCRIPT
GIS is not about numbers
GIS is not about numbersGIS is about collecting, ordering, and representing knowledge about the world
GIS is not about numbersGIS is about collecting, ordering, and representing knowledge about the world
qualitative GIS fills an important gap: the (traditionally) overlooked notion that people
have complex experiences of places
you already do qualitative work with GIS!
You already do qualitative work with GIS!
fear
You already do qualitative work with GIS!
curiosity
fear
You already do qualitative work with GIS!
curiosity
fear
evocation
you already do qualitative work with GIS!
deliberation
curiosity
fear
evocation
why look at “qualitative” data?
maps are seen to be authoritative
why look at “qualitative” data?
maps are seen to be authoritative
politically powerful!
why look at “qualitative” data?
“they’re like, ‘Are you sure this is it?’ And he’s like, ‘Yes,it’sthere. It’s on the map.’ (Elwood, S. 2009. Multiple
Representations, Significations, and Epistemologies in Community-Based GIS. In Qualitative GIS. )
why look at “qualitative” data?
maps are seen to be authoritative
politically powerful!
gain insights into social processes
why look at “qualitative” data?
maps are seen to be authoritative
politically powerful!
gain insights into social processes
because geographic information is embedded with values and norms
national politics Source: Graham, M., M. Zook. 2013. Augmented realities and uneven geographies: exploring the geolinguisticcontours of the web. Environment and Planning A 45: 77-99.
national politics Source: Graham, M., M. Zook. 2013. Augmented realities and uneven geographies: exploring the geolinguisticcontours of the web. Environment and Planning A 45: 77-99.
national politics Source: Graham, M., M. Zook. 2013. Augmented realities and uneven geographies: exploring the geolinguisticcontours of the web. Environment and Planning A 45: 77-99.
qualitative methods
interpretive, discourses, contextual, anti-abstraction
what did I just see?data is a way of abstracting, collecting, ordering, and representing the world
what did I just see?data is a way of abstracting, collecting, ordering, and representing the world
qualitative data preserve the context, complexity, and richness of human experience
what did I just see?data is a way of abstracting, collecting, ordering, and representing the world
qualitative data preserve the context, complexity, and richness of human experience
(this does not mean it’s inaccurate)
what did I just see?data is a way of abstracting, collecting, ordering, and representing the world
qualitative data preserve the context, complexity, and richness of human experience
(this does not mean it’s inaccurate)
qualitative methods can be a way of re-contextualizing numbers
thank you for your time and attention
now go eat responsibly
ryan burns
http://burnsr77.github.io
JANUARY 10, 2010OpenStreetMap
January 14, 2010
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