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Subject: Announcing The New Mappings Collaboratory (fwd)
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:03:07 +0000 (GMT)
From: martin dodge <[log in to unmask]>
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Hello, some on this list might be interested in this new venture at the
University of Kentucky.
cheers
martin

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We're happy to announce the formation of the New Mappings Collaboratory in
the Department of Geography at the University of Kentucky.  "New Maps" draws
upon both applied and conceptual traditions in mapping practices and mapping
thought and represents a stream of scholarship focused on public engagement,
"big data" and user-generated Internet content, as well as experimentation
in place-based thinking, analysis, and representation. As a catalyst for
mapping engagements on and off campus, New Maps works to promote creativity,
excellence, and interaction around emergent mapping and GIS technologies.  A
range of faculty from the social sciences, humanities and natural sciences
(in addition to Geography) are engaged with the New Maps project.



Current faculty and graduate students research projects/interests include:



-          Working with community partners to design and build participatory
GIS and mapping tools and products;

-          Collection and analysis of a range of user generated data
including Twitter Tweets, Google Placemarks and Flickr photos;

-          Citizen science in the production of scientific knowledge,
including do-it-yourself aerial image capture using helium balloons and
kites;

-          Analyzing the spatiality of online social networks through
volunteered geographic data;

-          Applying GIS techniques to the digital humanities and related
disciplines; and

-          Ethics, implications, and the use of geographic information and
technologies in an age of ubiquitous location and surveillance.



We encourage students interested in graduate studies in these areas to apply
for study at the University of Kentucky.  More details available here
<http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geography/Program/Graduate/#application> .  The
deadline for applications is January 15, 2012.  Fellowships and teaching
assistantships (including full tuition waivers) are available on a
competitive basis.



For more information please see http://newmaps.as.uky.edu/ or contact Dr
Jeremy Crampton <http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geography/People/Faculty/Crampton/> ,
Dr. Matthew Wilson <http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geography/People/Faculty/Wilson/>
or Dr. Matthew Zook <http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geography/People/Faculty/Zook/> .








Matthew Zook

Associate Professor

Department of Geography

University of Kentucky

1457 Patterson Office Tower

Lexington, KY 40506-0027

859-323-1969 (fax)

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http://www.zook.info/