A lecture I gave on how to analyze and conceptualize qualitative data and qualitative methods in GIS. Broader focus than traditional desktop-based GIS.
3. GIS is not about numbers
GIS is about collecting, ordering, and
representing knowledge about the world
4. GIS is not about numbers
GIS 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
11. why look at “qualitative” data?
maps are seen to be authoritative
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13. maps are seen to be authoritative
politically powerful!
why look at “qualitative” data?
14. “they’re like, ‘Are you sure this is it?’ And he’s like, ‘Yes,it’s
there. It’s on the map.’ (Elwood, S. 2009. Multiple
Representations, Significations, and Epistemologies in
Community-Based GIS. In Qualitative GIS. )
15. why look at “qualitative” data?
maps are seen to be authoritative
politically powerful!
gain insights into social processes
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20. 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
21. national politics Source: Graham, M., M.
Zook. 2013. Augmented
realities and uneven
geographies: exploring
the geolinguistic
contours of the web.
Environment and
Planning A 45: 77-99.
22. national politics Source: Graham, M., M.
Zook. 2013. Augmented
realities and uneven
geographies: exploring
the geolinguistic
contours of the web.
Environment and
Planning A 45: 77-99.
23. national politics Source: Graham, M., M.
Zook. 2013. Augmented
realities and uneven
geographies: exploring
the geolinguistic
contours of the web.
Environment and
Planning A 45: 77-99.
33. what did I just see?
data is a way of abstracting, collecting, ordering, and representing the world
34. 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
35. 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)
36. 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
37. thank you for your time and attention
now go eat responsibly
ryan burns
rlburns@uw.edu
http://burnsr77.github.i
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