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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] Geospatial technologies and geographies of hope and
fear |
| Date: |
03/28/2005 04:05:02 PM |
| From: |
Stephany Filimon |
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Hi Brian (and list) -
Funny! I'm in the middle of preparing a talk for the Computers, Freedom =
and Privacy (CFP 2005) conference. It's about privacy and geospatial =
technologies, but less about remote sensing and more about data =
granularity, integration, analysis, and behavioral data. I'm also =
seeking to balance this information with hopeful/not-scary examples of =
how these technologies have empowered certain areas of society.
Anyway - about hope. A project I'm involved with is the Full Circle =
Community Mapping and Planning Project =
(http://www.chicagoareahousing.org/FC/Index.htm), which I think, of =
course, is fantastic. There is pretty extensive information about it =
online but, briefly, six neighborhood groups are collecting very =
granular, parcel-level data about their neighborhoods (one group has =
already collected data for several thousand parcels) in order to be able =
to participate in planning. The best thing about this (so far) is that =
the community groups and neighborhoods have planning priorities that =
reflect the needs and desires of the people who live there, which has =
made many people very hopeful indeed. Feel free to email me off-list if =
you'd like more information, or to speak with anyone else involved in =
the project.
I also know of a few other examples here in Chicago. A lot of community =
geospatial work has been done by the Center for Neighborhood Technology =
(CNT - www.cnt.org). Peter Haas is the Chicago CNT's GIS guru who knows =
firsthand about all of their geospatial work, should you want to contact =
someone there directly. They've done a few projects that may count as =
having provided hope to Chicago and regional residents: Natural =
Connections (http://www.greenmapping.org/), the Location Efficient =
Mortgage (http://www.locationefficiency.com/), and the Community =
Information Technology and Neighborhood Early Warning System (CITyNEWS - =
http://www.newschicago.org/). To clarify, the "early warning system" has =
nothing to do with homeland security, but (according to the site) =
"enables community organizations and city and county agencies to monitor =
real estate trends to more effectively counteract housing abandonment, =
gentrification, commercial decline and financial disinvestment in =
Chicago=92s inner city communities." I'm not sure if all of these sites =
are in their final, finished formats, but they may at least be able to =
give you a starting point.
Best of luck with your paper!
Stephany
Brian Klinkenberg wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>On a completely different topic -- I am preparing a paper on the role that =
>geospatial technologies (from GPS to GIS to remote sensing to ...) play in =
>creating / supporting geographies of hope and fear. While critics point t=
o =
>the central role that GIS and GPS play in modern warfare as evidence of th=
e =
>fear people associate with geospatial technologies, and while remote =
>sensing has always been known as the surveillant science, there are many =
>instances of these technologies providing / promoting hope in society.
>
>I was hoping that the community that participates in this list could =
>provide (specific) examples of how they see geospatial technologies =
>bringing hope to society / individuals, or how geospatial technologies hav=
e =
>increased fear in society. All responses, if used in the paper, would of =
>course be sourced.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Brian
>
>
>Brian Klinkenberg http://www.geog.ubc.ca/~brian
>Department of Geography, U.B.C. Visit E-Flora BC: http://eflora.bc.ca
>
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