Platial’26 Keynote, Salzburg: Where culture takes place

The keynote speech at PLATIAL in Salzburg, scheduled for September 2026, will explore the interplay between culture and place. It will examine how cultural institutions shape identities and perceptions while also analysing media representations of places. The discussion will highlight the impact of digital platforms on the construction of local and global images.

Why Is Greenwich so Common? A way of measuring uniqueness

Pleased to finally see this short paper written with Ordnance Survey's Stefano Cavazzi out. It is part of open-access LIPIcs proceedings, to be presented at GIScience 23 in Leeds πŸ“„πŸŒπŸšΆβ€β™€οΈ. πŸ“œ Ballatore, A. and Cavazzi, S. (2023) Why Is Greenwich so Common? Quantifying the Uniqueness of Multivariate Observations, 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science … Continue reading Why Is Greenwich so Common? A way of measuring uniqueness →

Platial narratives from leisure walking

A short paper by our student James Williams, co-supervised at Nottingham and at the Ordnance Survey, to be presented at PLATIAL 23 in Dortmund πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺπŸ“„πŸŒπŸšΆβ€β™€οΈ. πŸ“œ Williams, J, Pinchin, J, Hazzard, A, Priestnall, G, Cavazzi, S, & Ballatore, A. (2023). Emerging Platial Narratives and Themes from a Leisure Walking Study. Fourth International Symposium on Platial … Continue reading Platial narratives from leisure walking →