[Geowanking] Call for Papers: Rethinking maps: RGS/IBG Conference London, 30 aug- 1 sept '06

[Cameron Shorter]

Would something along the lines of this white paper be of interest?
http://bikemap.openearth.com.au/docs/whitepaper/index.html

I'm in the process of rolling out a Bicycle Mapbuilder prototype - so by 
August we should have some user feedback to add to the report.

Mike Liebhold wrote:
> There are some topics here that should be of interest:
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> Call for papers - RGS/IBG Annual Conference
> London, 30 August - 1 September 2006
> 
> 
> Session title: Rethinking maps
> 
> Session organisers: Martin Dodge and Chris Perkins (University of
> Manchester), Rob Kitchin (NUI Maynooth, Ireland)
> 
> 
> Context
> Over the past 20 years there has been a sustained engagement in
> rethinking the ontological basis and epistemology of cartography. This
> has led to such conceptual frameworks as: maps as social constructions,
> post-representational cartography, non-confessional cartography,
> non-progressive histories of cartography, de-ontologized cartography,
> denaturalized cartography, critical cartography, counter-mappings and
> performative mapping. These sessions will bring together scholars to
> explore these new ways of thinking about maps and what they mean for
> working cartographers, mapping research and map scholars. We particularly
> welcome papers on the following five broad themes:
> 
> 1. Map as practice:
> What insights are gained on the nature of cartography when maps are
> studied processionally rather than representationally? We welcome papers
> that examine contemporary map creation as a performance of space and the
> affective power flowing from map use in diverse contexts.
> 
> 2.  Map hacking:
> What are the implications of the emergence of map 'mashups' through the
> hybrid use of existing cartographic knowledges and material artefacts in
> novel ways. We are interested in papers that explore the practices of
> cartographic 'remixability' (Manovich 2005).
> 
> 3. Open-source mappings:
> Can groups of citizen cartographers really make workable maps from the
> 'bottom-up'? We seek papers that investigate the potentialities and
> problematics of new organisational, technological, economic and cultural
> structures for producing copyright-free cartographic knowledges, along
> with the collaborative mapmaking practices that are flowering online.
> 
> 4. Autonomous cartographies:
> To what degree is autonomous mapping, with implied dispersed, decentred,
> and democratised authorship, really possible? We invite contributions
> which explore the scope of alternative, subversive and underground
> mapmaking that challenges established power relations and jump-scales to
> effect political change. We are also interested in work looking at the
> prospects of oppositional counter-mapping emerging from rewiring/rewriting
> of existing cartographic practices, instilling them with new progressive
> political 'depth'.
> 
> 5. New routes in the study of maps:
> How can new types of cartography be studied empirically? What theoretical
> approaches, aimed at reconstructing the conditions under which mapping is
> brought into being, offer helpful routes into a new generation of map
> studies. Some possible approaches could include: science & technology
> studies (STS), ethnomethodology, non-progressive genealogy, postcolonial
> theory, affectual theories, and variants of Actor-Network theory, along
> with the ideas from the likes of Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Tim
> Ingold, and Michel de Certeau.
> 
> 
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> 
> Proposed papers in the form of a 200 word abstract (using the RGS-IBG
> abstract pro-forma available from http://www.rgs.org/ac2006 ) should be
> submitted to Martin Dodge (m.dodge at manchester.ac.uk) by 20th January 2006.
> We welcome alternative presentations formats, please feel contact any of
> the session organisers with questions.
> 
> It is also our ambition to pursue a book from the sessions.
> 
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> 
> Martin Dodge
> Geography,
> School of Environment and Development,
> The University of Manchester,
> Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
> 
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> 
> Date:    Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:10:33 -0500
> From:    Ben Spigel <ben.spigel at UTORONTO.CA>
> Subject: historical DNS databases
> 
> Does any one have any clue if there are copies of DNS or IP address
> databases from previous years. I'm geolocating early linux developers
> based on their usenets posts, so in addition to using context clues
> such as their signature lines, I would like to be able to use their e-
> mail addresses. However, there are plenty of domains that have either
> ceased to exist or changed hands in the previous decade, so I need
> older DNS records. The time period that I'm looking at (1992-1994) is
> just a bit before archive.org started cataloguing, so no luck there.
> 
> Any clues, or better suggestions for getting the data that I need?
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> Ben Spigel
> University of Toronto
> 
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