Qualitative GIS Symposium at AAG 2012, New York

Organizers: Mei-Po Kwan, Stephen Burgess,
Matthew W. Wilson, Marianna Pavlovskaya

Symposium	Time	Location
I: Opening Plenary	Friday, 2/24/2012, from 12:40 PM - 2:20 PM	Conference Room D, Lower Level, Sheraton Hotel
II: Practice and Methods	Friday, 2/24/2012, from 2:40 PM - 4:20 PM	Conference Room D, Lower Level, Sheraton Hotel
III: Practice and Methods	Friday, 2/24/2012, from 4:40 PM - 6:20 PM	Conference Room D, Lower Level, Sheraton Hotel
IV: Practice and Methods	Saturday, 2/25/2012, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM	Conference Room D, Lower Level, Sheraton Hotel
V: Practice and Methods	Saturday, 2/25/2012, from 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM	Conference Room D, Lower Level, Sheraton Hotel
VI: Dynamic mapping: Exploring urban history, identity, and social justice with GIS	Saturday, 2/25/2012, from 12:40 PM - 2:20 PM	Conference Room D, Lower Level, Sheraton Hotel
VII: Practice and Methods	Saturday, 2/25/2012, from 2:40 PM - 4:20 PM	Conference Room D, Lower Level, Sheraton Hotel
VIII: Closing roundtable: Future directions	Saturday, 2/25/2012, from 4:40 PM - 6:20 PM	Conference Room D, Lower Level, Sheraton Hotel

Participants in the Symposium are welcome to the AAG GIS Specialty Group
Reception: Sunday, 2/26/2012 at 6:30 PM in Gramercy Suite A, Hilton Hotel. It is co‐sponsored by Transaction in GIS.

 

Qualitative GIS Symposium I: Opening Plenary

Friday, 2/24/2012, from 12:40 PM - 2:20 PM in Conference Room D, Lower Level, Sheraton Hotel
 

Sponsorship(s):
Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group
Qualitative Research Specialty Group
Geographic Perspectives on Women Specialty Group

Organizer(s):
Stephen Burgess - Cardiff University
Matthew W. Wilson - University of Kentucky

Chair(s):
Stephen Burgess - Cardiff University

Speakers:
Mei-Po Kwan - Ohio State University
Meghan Cope - University of Vermont

 

Qualitative GIS Symposium II: Practice and Methods

Friday, 2/24/2012, from 2:40 PM - 4:20 PM in Conference Room D, Lower Level, Sheraton Hotel
 

Sponsorship(s):
Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group
Qualitative Research Specialty Group
Geographic Perspectives on Women Specialty Group

Organizer(s):
Mei-Po Kwan - Ohio State University

Chair(s):
Matthew W. Wilson - University of Kentucky

Abstract(s):
2:40 PM Author(s): *Annette M. Kim, Ph.D. - MIT
Abstract Title: Spatial Ethnography and the Narrative Map

3:00 PM Author(s): *Javier Martinez, Dr. - ITC. UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE.
Gianluca Miscione - ITC, UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE
Jeroen Verplanke - ITC, UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE
Abstract Title: Capturing Quality-of-Life Conditions with Qualitative GIS

3:20 PM Author(s): *Peter J Davidson, Ph.D. - University of California, San Diego
Shoshanna Scholar - Clean Needles Now
Mary Howe - Homeless Youth Alliance
Abstract Title: Reflections on the use of qualitative GIS to improve needle exchange services

3:40 PM Author(s): *Megan Dixon - College of Idaho
Abstract Title: Analysis of Urban Mobility through GIS and Lefebvre: Chinese migrants and Russian locals in St. Petersburg, Russia

4:00 PM Author(s): *Johnathan Rush - The Ohio State University
Abstract Title: An Online Qualitative GIS for Discovering Oral Histories

 

Qualitative GIS Symposium III: Practice and Methods

Friday, 2/24/2012, from 4:40 PM - 6:20 PM in Conference Room D, Lower Level, Sheraton Hotel

 

Sponsorship(s):
Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group
Qualitative Research Specialty Group
Geographic Perspectives on Women Specialty Group

Organizer(s):
Mei-Po Kwan - Ohio State University
Marianna Pavlovskaya - Hunter College

Chair(s):
Marianna Pavlovskaya - Hunter College

Abstract(s):
4:40 PM Author(s): *Timothy Hawthorne - Georgia State University
Abstract Title: Contextualizing the Urban Network: Mapping Perceptions and Experiences of Urban Spaces through Qualitative Network Analysis

5:00 PM Author(s): *Derek J Hunt - Northern Kentucky University, NKAPC
Abstract Title: Parish Boundary Digitization

5:20 PM Author(s): Cécile Martignac - CIRAD - IFPRI
Pierre Maurel - CEMAGREF
*Stéphane Roche - Laval University
Abstract Title: Qualitative GIS to improve relevancy and integrating approaches of local geographical knowledge in large-scale observatories.

5:40 PM Author(s): *Nora Fagerholm - Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku, Finland
Käyhkö Niina - Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku, Finland
Abstract Title: Mapping landscape values and perceptions - precision and uncertainty in qualitative spatial information

6:00 PM Author(s): *Jin-Kyu Jung - University of Washington Bothell
Abstract Title: Revisiting 'Grounded Visualization': New Possibilities for Qualitative GIS

 

Qualitative GIS Symposium IV: Practice and Methods

Saturday, 2/25/2012, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM in Conference Room D, Lower Level, Sheraton Hotel

 

Sponsorship(s):
Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group
Qualitative Research Specialty Group
Geographic Perspectives on Women Specialty Group

Organizer(s): Mei-Po Kwan - Ohio State University
Matthew W. Wilson - University of Kentucky

Chair(s):
Matthew W. Wilson - University of Kentucky

Abstract(s):
8:00 AM Author(s): *Trevor M Harris - West Virginia University
Frank LaFone - West Virginia University
Abstract Title: Spatialized tag clouds: QGIS, the spatial humanities, and spatializing text

8:20 AM Author(s): *Rina Ghose - University Of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Abstract Title: Challenges to Qualitative PPGIS in the Context of Neoliberalization

8:40 AM Author(s): *Marketta Kyttä - Aalto University
Abstract Title: SoftGIS methodology in place-based research and in participatory urban planning

9:00 AM Author(s): *Mavuto D. Tembo - National University of Ireland Maynooth
Abstract Title: Breaking barriers of knowledge with Participatory GIS

9:20 AM Discussant: Barbara Poore - United States Geological Survey
Discussant(s): Barbara Poore - United States Geological Survey

 

Qualitative GIS Symposium V: Practice and Methods

Saturday, 2/25/2012, from 10:00 AM - 11:40 AM in Conference Room D, Lower Level, Sheraton Hotel

 

Sponsorship(s):
Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group
Qualitative Research Specialty Group
Geographic Perspectives on Women Specialty Group

Organizer(s):
Mei-Po Kwan - Ohio State University
Stephen Burgess - Cardiff University

Chair(s): Stephen Burgess - Cardiff University

Abstract(s):
10:00 AM Author(s): Amanda M.C. Brandellero, PhD - Department of Media and Communication, Erasmus University Rotterdam
*Karin Pfeffer - University of Amsterdam
Abstract Title: Making a scene: reconstructing geo-narratives of popular music in Amsterdam and the Hague.

10:20 AM Author(s): *Charles B Travis, Dr. - University of South Florida
Abstract Title: From the Ruins of Time and Space: A Critical Postcolonial GIS of Dublin in Flann O'Brien's 'At Swim Two Birds' (1939)

10:40 AM Author(s): *Chris Brennan-Horley - University of Wollongong
Abstract Title: Qualitative GIS in the cultural realm: Navigating vernacular understandings of place

11:00 AM Author(s): *Nazgol Bagheri - University of Missouri-Kansas City
Abstract Title: An Interplay of Space, Gender and Modernity in Post- Revolutionary Tehran applying Grounded Visualization

11:20 AM Author(s): *Linda Quiquivix - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Abstract Title: Art of war, art of resistance: Diaspora Counter-Mapping and Google Earth

 

Qualitative GIS Symposium VI: Dynamic mapping: Exploring urban history, identity, and social justice with GIS

Saturday, 2/25/2012, from 12:40 PM - 2:20 PM in Conference Room D, Lower Level, Sheraton Hotel

 

Sponsorship(s):
Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group

Organizer(s):
Jennifer Mapes - State University of New York, Plattsburgh
Marianna Pavlovskaya - Hunter College

Chair(s):
Jennifer Mapes - State University of New York, Plattsburgh

Abstract(s):
12:40 PM Introduction: Jennifer Mapes - State University of New York, Plattsburgh

12:43 PM Author(s): *Emma Slager - University of Oregon
Abstract Title: Reconsidering Distance: Incorporating Travel Time in Food Desert Mapping

12:48 PM Author(s): *Rex Rowley - University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Abstract Title: Mapping Urban Identity: GIS and Local Sense of Place in Las Vegas

12:53 PM Author(s): *Jennifer Mapes - State University of New York, Plattsburgh
Abstract Title: Designing vulnerability: Urban renewal, social isolation, and the Lake Champlain flood of 2011

12:58 PM Author(s): *Jordan Leff - Hunter College Rob Elleto - Hunter College
Pawel Zablocki - Hunter College
Marcos Villasenor - Hunter College 
Abstract Title: Examining the Solidarity Economy using Geographic Information Systems

1:03 PM Author(s): *Sarah Scandiffio - Hunter College
Adele Balderston - Hunter College
Lloyd Canning - Hunter College
Stephen Boatright - Hunter College
Abstract Title: Regulating Rent in NYC: Providing a Helping Hand

1:08 PM Author(s): *Lakshman Kalasapudi - Hunter College
Thomas Held - Hunter College
Kenea Letts - Hunter College
Ben Soriano - Hunter College
Abstract Title: Examining Food Justice in Brooklyn through GIS

1:13 PM Author(s): *Olena Borkovska - Hunter College
Taylor Oshan -
Mishka Vance -
Franklin Stallings -
Abstract Title: Examining the Spatial Patterns of the New York Police Department "Stop and Frisk" Practice

 

Qualitative GIS Symposium VII: Practice and Methods

Saturday, 2/25/2012, from 2:40 PM - 4:20 PM in Conference Room D, Lower Level, Sheraton Hotel

 

Sponsorship(s):
Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group
Qualitative Research Specialty Group
Geographic Perspectives on Women Specialty Group

Organizer(s):
Stephen Burgess - Cardiff University

Chair(s):
Stephen Burgess - Cardiff University

Abstract(s):
2:40 PM Author(s): *Scott Orford, Dr - WISERD Cardiff University
Abstract Title: Mapping interview transcript records: theoretical, technical and cartographic challenges

3:00 PM Author(s): *Paula Decker - University of Arizona
Abstract Title: Mapping is and ought: Comparing state and public perceptions of Mexican wolves

3:20 PM Author(s): *Ayako MATSUMOTO - Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,Ritsumeikan University
Toshikazu Seto - Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,Ritsumeikan University
Naomi Akaishi - Ritsumeikan University
Takafusa Iizuka - Ritsumeikan University
Mei-Po Kwan - Ohio State University
Keiji Yano - Ritsumeikan University
Abstract Title: Geo-Narrative analysis into the oral presentation texts about the cultural landscape consist of Kyo-machiya in Japan

3:40 PM Author(s): *G. Rebecca Dobbs - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Abstract Title: Art, Place, and Geospatial Technology: exploring the nexus for the classroom

4:00 PM Author(s): Giovani H. Graziosi, Columbia University
Abstract title: Urban Geospatial Digital Neighborhood Areas: Urban GeoDNA

 

Qualitative GIS Symposium VIII: Closing roundtable: Future directions

Saturday, 2/25/2012, from 4:40 PM - 6:20 PM in Conference Room D, Lower Level, Sheraton Hotel

 

Sponsorship(s):
Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group
Qualitative Research Specialty Group
Geographic Perspectives on Women Specialty Group

Organizer(s):
Marianna Pavlovskaya - Hunter College

Chair(s): 
Marianna Pavlovskaya - Hunter College

Panelist(s):
Stephen Burgess - Cardiff University
LaDona Knigge - California State University, Chico
Matthew W. Wilson - University of Kentucky
Mei-Po Kwan - Ohio State University
Jeremy Crampton - University of Kentucky
Marianna Pavlovskaya - Hunter College