Presented at the GI Forum 2021 on behalf of the GeoDem Jean Monnet initiative: Geography democracy, European citizenship in a digital age The presentation deals with education and the needs of society based on the impact of Digital Geography.

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Geography, Democracy,
European citizenship and the
digital age
developing, sharing and promoting
Digital Geography
a panel discussion – part 2
Karl Donert, Project Coordinator

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Digital Geography

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Digital Space and
the Digital Citizen

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Emerging Digital
Spaces (Cope, 2011)

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Digital Geography

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Digital Geography

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Digital Geography

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• Should focus on the differences the digital
makes to our lives
• Engagement of citizens central to the role of
the digital in relation to understandings of
spaces, places, and spatialities, like the
political / economic activities in the community,
society and world.
• Teaching about the digital geographies –
and its impacts on our way of life – from digital
politics to digital economies – digital shopping –
digital communication and digital culture
Role of Digital Geography

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• Example: Rise of Precision Agriculture
• SEED project – digital farming - precision location
methods and decision quality agronomic information
to illuminate, predict, and affect the decision making
issues across the farm – supporting move towards
sustainable development – creating a qualification to
enable this – not necessarily the farmers themselves
but the digital experts who can support and advise
farmers….
• Conclusion: Education developments should be
used to create a critical interface between the
digital and the economic / social implementation
Role of Digital Geography

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SEED Project
https://www.digitalseed.eu

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• Challenge of open digital / open data for all
• Example: Need for Literacies = Open data –
digital world
• D3 (Developing Digital Data Literacy)
project …. tools - ideas - training
https://d3.youthmetre.eu – producing a digital
data literacy toolkit for teachers
• Moving from data to knowledge is essential –
need education to help citizens find their way
through the fog / maze of information
Role of Digital Geography

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KA2 - 2019-1-BE02-KA201-060212
D3: Developing Digital
Data literacy

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• Digital evidence – use and re-use issues –
manipulation of data and information
• Education and training = still a long way
behind digital developments
• Seeking to encourage promotion and reflection
– GeoDem Jean Monnet project
• Focus on taking the advantages offered by
digital earth / digital geography
• Consider the impacts on the digital citizen
Conclusions

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