[Air-L] CFP: More than Critical, More than GIS (a pre-AAG workshop)

Jack Gieseking jgieseking at gmail.com
Mon Mar 12 11:46:58 PDT 2018


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*Call For Participation*

*More than Critical, More than GIS *(a pre-AAG workshop)

April 9th, 2018



Please join us for a low-key workshop with community partners at the American
Association of Geographers meeting in New Orleans <FYI. Please fwd widely.
Apologies for cross-posting. 2nd Call For Participation More than Critical,
More than GIS (a pre-AAG workshop) April 9th, 2018 Please join us for a
low-key workshop with community partners at the American Association of
Geographers meeting in New Orleans (Apr 10-14) focusing on new and
continuing topics and debates around mapping and GIS that involve
political, cultural, and economic processes and attempts to create better
alternatives in NOLA and beyond! In recent years, Critical GIS and similar
efforts have seen a resurgence in practice and the debate, including the
nature of the term Critical GIS itself. Such evaluations and practices
involving geographic data, analysis, and mapping run the gamut from housing
and gentrification to indigenous mapping to coastlines and climate change
to exposés of gerrymandering to anti-capitalist organizing to new
narratives and histories of sexual orientation and more. This workshop
seeks to build on these exciting developments to bring together new and
established voices engaged in the thought and practice of mappings and GIS
work that involves political, cultural, and economic processes. We eschew
totemic uses of the terms ‘critical’ and ‘GIS’ that can all-to-often be
used to demarcate who and what does and doesn’t belong; rather, we wish to
encourage anyone interested to join us to better explore how spatial data,
technologies, visualization, and analysis may help us create a better
world. Thus, this workshop is about ‘more than gis’ and ‘more than
critical’ approaches. Building on the energies of the 2014 Critical GIS
meeting at Friday Harbor and the 2017 meeting at McGill University, we seek
to gather and learn about diverse voices and approaches in New Orleans. An
important aim of this workshop is to engage with and learn from the work
that local organizations and individuals are doing in New Orleans, and how
that can help reimagine the possibilities for what it means to ‘do critical
GIS’. Location: New Orleans, near where the AAG conference will be the next
day. Workshop date: April 9th (Monday before the AAG). 10 am - 4 pm
Tentative Format: Morning: Introductions, lightning-fast presentations of
participants’ work Afternoon: Engagement with community partners,
potentially including a tour of geographical organizing in New Orleans,
talks by those pursuing social and environmental justice in the region, or
a hands-on data workshop on a topic important to New Orleans residents.
Late afternoon: Drinks and dinner How to join us: While the workshop is
open to all interested parties, we ask that you submit a 100 word
expression of interest that describes either A. a relevant project you
would like to share with the group or B. your thoughts on how you would
like to see ‘Critical GIS’ expanded as a field of research. Please email
craig.dalton at hofstra.edu by the extended deadline of March 26th, 2017.
Organizers: (alphabetical) Luis Alvarez Leon, Clark University Craig
Dalton, Hofstra University Rina Ghose, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Jack Gieseking, Trinity College Liz Mason-Deese, George Mason University
Eric Nost, University of Wisconsin - Madison Jim Thatcher, University of
Washington Tacoma Clancy Wilmott, University of Manchester Matthew Wilson,
University of Kentucky -- Jen Jack Gieseking Assistant Professor of Public
Humanities American Studies Program, Trinity College 300 Summit Street,
Hartford, CT 06106 www.jgieseking.org www.peopleplacespace.org @jgieseking
Pronouns: he/him/his> (Apr 10-14) focusing on new and continuing topics and
debates around mapping and GIS that involve political, cultural, and
economic processes and attempts to create better alternatives in NOLA and
beyond!



In recent years, Critical GIS and similar efforts have seen a resurgence in
practice and the debate, including the nature of the term Critical GIS
itself. Such evaluations and practices involving geographic data, analysis,
and mapping run the gamut from housing and gentrification to indigenous
mapping to coastlines and climate change to exposés of gerrymandering to
anti-capitalist organizing to new narratives and histories of sexual
orientation and more. This workshop seeks to build on these exciting
developments to bring together new and established voices engaged in the
thought and practice of mappings and GIS work that involves political,
cultural, and economic processes. We eschew totemic uses of the terms
‘critical’ and ‘GIS’ that can all-to-often be used to demarcate who and
what does and doesn’t belong; rather, we wish to encourage anyone
interested to join us to better explore how spatial data, technologies,
visualization, and analysis may help us create a better world.



Thus, this workshop is about ‘more than gis’ and ‘more than critical’
approaches. Building on the energies of the 2014 Critical GIS meeting at
Friday Harbor and the 2017 meeting at McGill University, we seek to gather
and learn about diverse voices and approaches in New Orleans. An important
aim of this workshop is to engage with and learn from the work that local
organizations and individuals are doing in New Orleans, and how that can
help reimagine the possibilities for what it means to ‘do critical GIS’.



*Location: *New Orleans, near where the AAG conference will be the next day.

*Workshop date:* April 9th (Monday before the AAG).  10 am - 4 pm



*Tentative Format: *

Morning: Introductions, lightning-fast presentations of participants’ work



Afternoon: Engagement with community partners, potentially including a tour
of geographical organizing in New Orleans, talks by those pursuing social
and environmental justice in the region, or a hands-on data workshop on a
topic important to New Orleans residents.



Late afternoon: Drinks and dinner



*How to join us:*

While the workshop is open to all interested parties, we ask that you
submit a 100 word expression of interest that describes either A. a
relevant project you would like to share with the group or B. your thoughts
on how you would like to see ‘Critical GIS’ expanded as a field of
research. Please email craig.dalton at hofstra.edu by the extended
deadline of *March
26th, 2017*.



*Organizers: (alphabetical)*

Luis Alvarez Leon, Clark University

Craig Dalton, Hofstra University

Rina Ghose, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Jack Gieseking, Trinity College

Liz Mason-Deese, George Mason University

Eric Nost, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Jim Thatcher, University of Washington Tacoma

Clancy Wilmott, University of Manchester

Matthew Wilson, University of Kentucky









--
Jen Jack Gieseking
Assistant Professor of Public Humanities
American Studies Program, Trinity College
300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT  06106
www.jgieseking.org
www.peopleplacespace.org
@jgieseking <https://twitter.com/jgieseking>
Pronouns: he/him/his



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