My colleagues Stefano De Sabbata, Daniel Chavez Heras, and I have a new short paper out, accepted for Spatial Humanities 2022. After many years of rumination, we have finally started doing some geospatial analytics on film data, which I find very exciting. 🎬🗺📈 Abstract: Films are deeply geographical. Externally, they are produced in places, across … Continue reading Plotting film toponyms: A study in cultural geo-analytics
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W2GIS keynote speech: “Beyond GIS? The future of Cultural Geo-Analytics”
I look forward to giving this keynote speech next week at the 19th International Symposium on Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems (W2GIS 2022). See the slides here. Photo by Samson Katt on Pexels.com Title: Beyond GIS? The future of Cultural Geo-Analytics Abstract: Cultural geo-analytics (CGA) is an emergent area that studies the geographical dimension … Continue reading W2GIS keynote speech: “Beyond GIS? The future of Cultural Geo-Analytics”
The avant-garde in space and time: Centers and peripheries of Italian Futurism
Founded in 1909 and based in Italy, Futurism was Europe’s first avant-garde movement. While much research has been carried out about the movement’s manifestations in specific locales, a pan-Italian examination of its over time and space has been lacking. This paper will present the preliminary findings of a study of Futurism in Italy, which utilizes … Continue reading The avant-garde in space and time: Centers and peripheries of Italian Futurism
The Local Power of Content Moderation: How Facebook Groups Shape Community Norms
When we think of content moderation, we often picture large tech companies like Meta or Twitter enforcing rules through algorithms or outsourced moderators. But what about the people running our local online spaces? Our extended abstract explores this often-overlooked dimension—how moderators of place-based Facebook groups in London navigate the balance between global platform policies and … Continue reading The Local Power of Content Moderation: How Facebook Groups Shape Community Norms
Video • Demarcating place in cultural geo-analytics
Here's the recording of my ISPRS webinar with Prof Skupin: Abstract: Cultural geo-analytics (CGA) studies the geographical dimension in the production and consumption of cultural objects, relying on digital data and spatial methods. Given the conceptual and empirical centrality of place in CGA, I will outline the main challenges and desiderata in place representation, addressing … Continue reading Video • Demarcating place in cultural geo-analytics
Webinar • Demarcating place in cultural geo-analytics • 17 Feb 2022
I look forward to giving this ISPRS (online) talk in a few days: Webinar Series by ISPRS TC IV: Geospatial Knowledge Representation and Analytics Date/Time: February 17th, 2022; 9:00 PCT, 12:00 EST, 17:00 UTC, 18:00 CET ISPRS WG IV/2 (Ontologies, Semantics, and Knowledge Representation for Geospatial Information) Webinar Moderator: Dr Margarita Kokla (National Technical University … Continue reading Webinar • Demarcating place in cultural geo-analytics • 17 Feb 2022
Localizing content moderation in Facebook groups
Pleased to share this short paper written with Scott Rodgers et al. The paper is discussed in an excellent presentation by Liam McLoughlin: https://youtu.be/do_JWl1DZvs Abstract. This paper contributes to the burgeoning literature on content moderation by focusing on its practice in relation to localized social media contexts, an area which remains under-researched. It makes two … Continue reading Localizing content moderation in Facebook groups
CFP: Deep Learning Approaches in Geographical Information Science and Human Geography
CFP URL: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/deep-learning-approaches-geographical Special Issue of the International Journal of Geographical Information Science Photo by Frank Cone on Pexels.com Deep neural networks have had a transformative impact across a wide range of fields, gaining significant traction among researchers in academia and industry. Traditional methods in artificial intelligence and machine learning have long been part of … Continue reading CFP: Deep Learning Approaches in Geographical Information Science and Human Geography
The spatial and temporal variability of Wikipedia content in London
Our student Shahreen Nawfee will present her new short paper at the flagship conference GIScience 2021, which is happening online this year. Check out the conference programme here. Abstract. Spatial user-generated content (UGC) is increasingly being used to study a variety of geographical phenomena, including urban change in social and economic dimensions. Wikipedia content evolves over … Continue reading The spatial and temporal variability of Wikipedia content in London
Fixed-term Associate Lecturer in Geographic Data Science/GIS at Birkbeck, University of London
We are looking to appoint an Associate Lecturer in Geographic Data Science. This is a short-term, teaching only position. As teaching at Birkbeck happens in the evening (6-9pm), this position would suit someone who has a day job and wants to gain teaching experience (UG and PG) and/or an extra income. Candidates must have sound … Continue reading Fixed-term Associate Lecturer in Geographic Data Science/GIS at Birkbeck, University of London
Cultural Geo-Analytics Lab 