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From the margins of Geographical Information Systems: Limitations, challenges, and proposals

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Some of the most exciting progress to address central limitations in GIS is currently originating from the margins of cartographic traditions. This article explores the potential of a proactive engagement with mapping technologies from peripheral positions, such as humanist, feminist, decolonial, queer, and black perspectives, to overcome what we identify as five intrinsic challenges of GIS: the representation of place; emotions; scales; time and change; and relational approaches. The proposals deal with specific concerns that do not fit in existing GISystems and suggest how a creative engagement with mapping technologies further expands our understanding of what GIS could be.

Source: Progress in Human Geography

DOI: 10.1177/03091325241240231

Authors: Nuria Font-Casaseca, Maria Rodó-Zárate

Institutions: Universitat de Barcelona, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Language: English

Topic: Geographic Information Systems Studies

Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: European Commission, HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme, HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council

Award: Mapping intersectionality: a conceptual and methodological model for the study of inequalities and discriminations