| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 194 pages : illustrations, maps ) |
| Series |
Radical geography |
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Radical geography.
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| Contents |
We all are digital geographers. The cartographic attributes of the invisible -- From cosmographies to digital geographies -- Maps are not the territory -- When the map becomes the territory. Pre-digital geographies of information -- Democratising geographies and economies? -- Making digital geographies. The collection of geospatial data -- Organising the information -- A geospatial platform ecology -- Two complementary approaches -- A geography of digital geographies. How to 'map' digital maps -- The world according to Wikipedia -- A gallery of digital maps -- A global map? -- Digital augmentations of the city. How to map Google Maps -- The city according to Google -- A geolinguistic hegemony? -- Who are the map-makers? Who contributes to Wikipedia? -- Information environments -- Participation environments -- Limits to the universal platform? -- Information power and inequality. Wikipedia's geolinguistic contours -- Information equity and spatial contestation -- What are the responsibilities of the map-maker? -- Towards more just digital geographies. Principles for the digital geographies of the future? -- What comes next? |
| Summary |
Graham and Dittus look at the key contours of information inequality, and who, what, and where gets left out when space becomes digital. Platforms like Google Maps and Wikipedia have become important gateways to understanding the world. This book reveals how these platforms are characterised by significant gaps and biases, often driven by processes of exclusion. As a consequence, their digital augmentations tend to be refractions rather than reflections: they highlight only some facets of the world at the expense of others. However, this doesn't mean that more equitable futures aren't possible. By outlining the mechanisms through which our digital and material worlds intersect, the authors conclude with a roadmap for what alternative digital geographies might look like. --From publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-188) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, January 26, 2023) |
| Subject |
Equality -- Computer networks
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Social sciences -- Computer network resources
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Social sciences -- Computer network resources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dittus, Martin, author.
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| ISBN |
9781786807410 |
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1786807416 |
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9781786807427 |
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1786807424 |
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