2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV Online Program

Paper Session: 3620 Qualitative Data and GIS is scheduled on Tuesday, 3/24/09, from 5:20 PM - 7:00 PM in Capri 107, Riviera Hotel, 1st Floor Sponsorship(s): Urban Geography Specialty Group Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group Qualitative Research Specialty Group Organizer(s): Jin-Kyu Jung - University of North Dakota LaDona G. Knigge - California State University, Chico Chair(s): LaDona G. Knigge - California State University, Chico Abstract(s):   5:20 PM   Author(s): *Mark H. Palmer - University of Missouri-Columbia  Abstract Title: Theorizing the Fragmentation of Kiowa Historical Geographies using Oral Histories, Inductive Research, and Geographic Information Systems 5:40 PM   Author(s): *Maurizio Antoninetti, Dr. - San Diego State University  Abstract Title: It's not qualitative; it's not quantitative. It's mixed methodology. 6:00 PM   Author(s): *Jin-Kyu Jung - University of North Dakota  Abstract Title: Can we bridge qualitative data with GIS?: Extending qualitative capabilities in GIS 6:20 PM   Author(s): *Geraldine O'Donnell - UCD Dublin  Abstract Title: Using GIS to Inform Qualitative Research: A Study in Land-Use Dynamics in Dublin, Ireland. 6:40 PM   Author(s): *LaDona G. Knigge, PhD - California State University, Chico  Abstract Title: Constructing a Grounded Visualization: Recursive analysis of Community Spaces using Ethnography & GIS Session Description: We are organizing a session on Qualitative Data and GIS. The session focuses on discussing various meanings of 'qualitative data' and its relationship with GIS. By pulling together diverse practices of integrating qualitative data and research with GIS, we would like to shed on light on how the interests of engaging GIS with the qualitative data and research has been increasing in recent years, and also discuss how geographers (both GIScientist and human geographers) have responded differently to this question. We encourage papers that consist not only case studies of current applications of integrating qualitative data with GIS, but also the broader epistemological, ontological, and ethical questions associated with combining qualitative data and GIS will be addressed in this session. Paper topics may include:   •      Qualitative GIS: qualitative research and GIS •      Qualitative inquiry, geographic visualization, exploratory data analysis •      Progress in qualitative research and algorithm and model building, and data representation •      Qualitative and spatial reasoning in GIScience research •      Intersections or disjunctions between qualitative and GIScience epistemologies and theoretical underpinnings •      Qualitative research and GIS software package integration •      Impact of new popular geovisualization technologies (i.e. Google Mash-ups, , neogeography) on the integration of qualitative data or research and GIS •      GIS and the construction of cartographic narratives, historical life maps, spatial stories

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