02/19: UCGIS Webinar on Humanistic GIS: Towards a Research Agenda by Dr. Bo Zhao

[Song GAO]

Dear colleagues,

Happy Chinese Year of the Dragon! You are cordially invited to attend the incoming webinar organized by the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS): 

Title: Humanistic GIS: Towards a Research Agenda

Presenter: Dr. Bo Zhao, University of Washington, Seattle

Moderator: Dr. Peter Kedron, University of California, Santa Barbara

Date & Time: Monday, February 19, 2024, 1:00 pm-2:00pm  (Pacific Time Zone)

Abstract: 

Humanistic GIS offers a coherent and systematic framework that integrates existing fragmented humanism-related GIS studies and reorients the epistemological foundation by situating GIS in its mediation of human experience. This epistemological configuration not only categorizes GIS through its embodiment, hermeneutic, autonomous, and background relations with the involved human and place but it also provides an analytical structure for examining the intertwined implications of a particular instantiation of GIS. This newly proposed humanistic perspective demonstrates a sincere quest to develop and use GIS in ways that will be more empathetic and better for humanity.

Register in advance for accessing this webinar:

https://bit.ly/ucgis-webinar20240219

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about how to join the event.

Thanks,

Song

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Song Gao, Ph.D., Email: song...@wisc.edu

Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Address: 550 N. Park St., Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1404, USA

Geospatial Data Science Lab & Faculty Affiliates of Data Science Institute@UW-Madison

"Handbook of Geospatial Artificial Intelligence" is available online