QnAs with Dawn J. Wright
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2205066119
Abstract: Geographic information science (GIScience) is the study of entities that can be tagged with geographic coordinates, such as features, events, measurements, organisms, and observations. Originally developed for cartography, GIScience now has applications in transportation, law… read more here.
Keywords: dawn wright; qnas dawn; oceanography; giscience ... See more keywords
Research themes of geographical information science during 1991–2020: a retrospective bibliometric analysis
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DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2022.2119476
Abstract: Abstract About 30 years have passed since Michael F. Goodchild proposed the term geographical information science (GIScience) in 1992. In the past 30 years, GIScience has made great progress in expanding research findings and perfecting theories and… read more here.
Keywords: information; information science; giscience; geographical information ... See more keywords
Searching for social justice in GIScience publications
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DOI: 10.1080/15230406.2016.1212673
Abstract: ABSTRACT Maps are explicitly positioned within the realms of power, representation, and epistemology; this article sets out to explore how these ideas are manifest in the academic Geographic Information Science (GIScience) literature. We analyze 10… read more here.
Keywords: searching social; giscience publications; giscience; justice giscience ... See more keywords
A rationale for accrediting GIScience programs
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DOI: 10.1080/15230406.2017.1375431
Abstract: ABSTRACT The accreditation of GIS programs was first proposed more than 25 years ago as a means of encouraging consistency in instructional content and learning outcomes across many new GIS programs being developed at U.S.… read more here.
Keywords: accreditation; gis; accrediting giscience; giscience programs ... See more keywords
General theories and principles in geography and GIScience: Moving beyond the idiographic and nomothetic dichotomy
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DOI: 10.1080/19475683.2022.2030939
Abstract: opics related to the nature of geographic knowledge and the pathway to acquire geographic knowledge have been debated and contested especially during periods of major social and technological change (Harvey 1969; Sayer 1984; Liverman et… read more here.
Keywords: geography; giscience; geography giscience; geographic knowledge ... See more keywords
GIScience II: Newness and imminence
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DOI: 10.1177/03091325211030005
Abstract: In this second report, I discuss the role of newness in GIScience, drawing distinctions between ‘the new’, as a state of emergent technology and technical situation, and imminence, a state of happenings and becomings. I… read more here.
Keywords: newness imminence; geography; imminence; giscience ... See more keywords