Please circulate as appropriate; excuses for cross-posting
David Meek
Call for Papers
Proposed Special Issue of Antipode
The Politics of Participatory and Crowd-sourced Knowledge Production
Over the last several decades, the purported objectivity of maps has been extensively interrogated. Beneath a veneer of neutrality, we see that maps are actually social expressions, forged from frequently contested geographic knowledge. While laudable moves toward participatory mapping in the early 1990s sought to include diverse constituents, more recent studies have turned a critical eye upon the participatory nature of these endeavors. Tracking developments in both web services and software programs, mapping and spatial data production have skyrocketed in popularity due to the geospatial web (“geoweb”), such as Google’s suite of proprietary programs, and open-source alternatives such as OpenStreetMap. However, while both proprietary and open-source systems might increase public engagement with participatory mapping, these systems rest on diametrically opposed value sets concerning the production and dissemination of geographic knowledge. Debate has begun to rage among academics and practitioners concerning the ethical implications of these various software platforms. This special issue seeks to provide a window into these debates and the changing face of participatory mapping.
Articles are requested for publication in a special issue journal of Antipode. Papers should not exceed 9,500 words, inclusive of endnotes, references, etc. Articles should be based on research with these data management systems, but also engage with larger theoretical questions, including but not limited to:
How do different mapping platforms differ epistemologically and practically, from both academic and end-user perspectives?
How might or might not these differences impact public participatory mapping activities, and a participatory ethic writ large?
What roles should data ownership for marginalized communities take within these platforms? Who benefits from current data ownership policies, and how are these concerns implicated in these mapping platforms?
Do these differing approaches to geographic knowledge ownership inform the types of knowledge that should be produced in any of these platforms?
Timeline
Submission of Abstracts and Author bio- August 15th2011
Notification concerning inclusion in proposed special issue**- Sept. 1**st2011
Submission of papers- March 1st 2012
Publication-2013
Please submit abstracts and author bios to David Meek (dmeek@uga.edu) and Ryan Burns (burnsr77@gmail.com) by August 15**th **
Il giorno 02 agosto 2011 15:33, Anne Ghisla <a.ghisla@gmail.com> ha scritto:
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Ciao a tutti,
scusate la lingua inglese... ma credo si inserisca bene nei temi
trattati dalla lista GFOSS.
anne
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From: Artur Gil <arturfreiregil@yahoo.com.br>
To: lusogis <lusogis@yahoogrupos.com.br>
Subject: [lusogis] Special Issue CFP: The Politics of Participatory and
Crowd-sourced Knowledge Production
>
>Please circulate as appropriate; excuses for cross-posting
>David Meek
>
>....
Mi manca un dettaglio e' un journal o una conferenza?
Dove?
Minchia ... il 15 agosto e' dietro l'angolo ...uff
Il 08/02/2011 03:33 PM, Anne Ghisla ha scritto:
Call for Papers
Proposed Special Issue of /Antipode /
The Politics of Participatory and Crowd-sourced Knowledge Production
Over the last several decades, the purported objectivity of maps has
been extensively interrogated. Beneath a veneer of neutrality, we see
that maps are actually social expressions, forged from frequently
contested geographic knowledge. While laudable moves toward
participatory mapping in the early 1990s sought to include diverse
constituents, more recent studies have turned a critical eye upon the
participatory nature of these endeavors. Tracking developments in both
web services and software programs, mapping and spatial data production
have skyrocketed in popularity due to the geospatial web (“geoweb”),
such as Google’s suite of proprietary programs, and open-source
alternatives such as OpenStreetMap. However, while both proprietary and
open-source systems might increase public engagement with participatory
mapping, these systems rest on diametrically opposed value sets
concerning the production and dissemination of geographic knowledge.
Debate has begun to rage among academics and practitioners concerning
the ethical implications of these various software platforms. This
special issue seeks to provide a window into these debates and the
changing face of participatory mapping.
Articles are requested for publication in a special issue journal of
/Antipode/. Papers should not exceed 9,500 words, inclusive of endnotes,
references, etc. Articles should be based on research with these data
management systems, but also engage with larger theoretical questions,
including but not limited to:
1. How do different mapping platforms differ epistemologically and
practically, from both academic and end-user perspectives?
2. How might or might not these differences impact public participatory
mapping activities, and a participatory ethic writ large?
3. What roles should data ownership for marginalized communities take
within these platforms? Who benefits from current data ownership
policies, and how are these concerns implicated in these mapping platforms?
4. Do these differing approaches to geographic knowledge ownership
inform the types of knowledge that should be produced in any of these
platforms?
_Timeline_
*
Submission of Abstracts and Author bio- *August 15*^*th* *2011*
*
Notification concerning inclusion in proposed special issue*-
Sept. 1*^*st* *2011*
*
Submission of papers-*March 1st 2012 *
*
Publication-*2013*
On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:40:50 +0200
Maurizio Napolitano <napo@fbk.eu> wrote:
Mi manca un dettaglio e' un journal o una conferenza?
Dove?
Minchia ... il 15 agosto e' dietro l'angolo ...uff
È un journal, che sarà pubblicato nel 2013, tempi forse un po' lunghini
per un discorso più adatto a un dibattito live.
Eh sì sono solo due settimane, mi è arrivata a luglio, scusa l'ho
inoltrata solo ora
Anne
Il 08/02/2011 03:33 PM, Anne Ghisla ha scritto:
> Call for Papers
> Proposed Special Issue of /Antipode /
> The Politics of Participatory and Crowd-sourced Knowledge Production
