GISOC'99 Program

9:00-10:45 SESSION 1: Overviews (Discussant: Eric Sheppard) Chair: Robert McMaster
Elmes, Gregory, West Virginia University (gelmes@wvu.edu)
"Geographic information and society: Towards methodological unity?"

Sui, Daniel Z., Texas A&M University (D-Sui@tamu.edu)
"GIS as Media? Or how media theories can help us understand GIS and society

Chrisman, Nicholas, University of Washington (chrisman@u.washington.edu)
"Full Circle: More than just Social Implications of GIS"

Schuurman, Nadine, University of British Columbia (nadine@geog.ubc.ca)
"Lessons in constructing a science: promises and pitfalls of GIS"

10:45-11:15 Coffee break

11:15-12:40 SESSION 2: Institutional Practices and Representations of Nature (Discussant: Trevor Harris) Chair: Eric Sheppard
Martin, Eugene, University of Washington (ewmartin@u.washington.edu)
"Actor-networks and implementation success: Examples from conservation GIS in Ecuador"

Jonasse, Richard, University of California, San Diego (rjonasse@weber.ucsd.edu)
"Landscapes of facts: GIS and the topography of power"

Norheim, Robert, University of Washington (norheim@u.washington.edu)
"How institutional cultures affect results: Comparing two old-growth forest mapping projects"

12:40-1:30 LUNCH

1:30-3:15 SESSION 3: The State and Geographic Information, Chair: Will Craig
Monmonier, Mark, Syracuse University (mon2ier@syr.edu) "Geographic Information Systems, technological momentum, and the erosion of compactness in legislative redistricting"

Cloud, John & Keith Clarke, University of California, Santa Barbara (cloud9@geog.ucsb.edu)
"The Fubini hypothesis: The other history of geographic information science"

Poore, Barbara, Federal Geographic Data Committee (bspoore@usgs.gov)
"A metanarrative of metadata: The social construction of the FGDC's content standard for digital geospatial metadata"

Robbins, Paul, and Tara Maddock, The Ohio State University (probbins@geography.ohio-state.edu)
"Interrogating land cover categories: Towards participatory change analysis in GIS"

3:15-3:45 Coffee break

3:45-5:00 SESSION 4: Evaluating PPGIS (Discussant: Will Craig) Chair: David Mark
Barndt, Michael, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (mbarndt@uwm.edu)
"Using spatial information: Barriers and solutions at the grass roots level"

Alspach, Andrew, Clark University (aalspach@clarku.edu)
"Integration of GIS in regional participatory development projects"

Jordan, Gavin, University of Central Lancashire, gjordan@newtonrigg.ac.uk
"The use of participatory GIS in technology poor countries: Case studies from Zambia and Nepal"

5:15 bus leaves for boat trip

6:00-8:00 Boat trip on the Mississippi (must be booked in advance)

9:00-10:45 SESSION 5: GIS, Community Planning and Social Movements (Discussant: David Mark) Chair: Trevor Harris
Sharan, Indra, GIS Management Applications Institute, Nepal (gismai@sdssai.wlink.com.np)
"Developing a participatory GIS for the national development of Nepal: Strategies to support participatory local governance"

Allen, Marcy, Temple University (marcymae@yahoo.com)
"A participatory model of information system design: A case study of the economic human rights documentation infomanagment system of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union"

McCann, Eugene, Ohio University (mccanne@ohiou.edu)
"'Doctors of space': GIS, political activism, and the restructuring of urban and regional planning"

Elwood, Sarah, University of Minnesota (elwo0005@tc.umn.edu)
"Geographic information technologies for community-based planning: Understanding the impacts on neighborhoods and neighborhood organizations"

10:45-11:15 Coffee break

11:15-12:40 SESSION 6: Social Issues (Discussant: Robert McMaster) Chair: Daniel Weiner
Nicholls, Sarah, Texas A&M University (snicholl@rpts.tamu.edu)
"Measuring the accessibility and equity of public parks: A case study using GIS"

Reagan, Patricia, The Ohio State University (preagan@ecolan.sbs.ohio-state.edu)
"Distance to hospital and children's access to care: Is being closer better, and for whom?"

Nasirin, Syed, Universiti Sains Malaysia (snasirin@usm.my)
"Successful GIS implementation process in UK retail organizations: Some lessons for Malaysian retailers"

12:40-2:00 LUNCH

2:00-3:45 SESSION 7: Scale and Methodology (Discussant: Nick Chrisman) Chair: Nancy Obermeyer
Cunningham, Mary Ann & Hilda Kurtz, University of Minnesota (mac@atlas.socsci.umn.edu)
"Using GIS to reconsider scale in representations of society and nature"

Armstrong Marc P. & Amy J Ruggles, The University of Iowa (marc-armstrong@uiowa.edu)
"Map hacking: On the use of inverse address-matching to discover individual identities from point-mapped information sources"

McMaster, Robert, Eric Sheppard, Helga Leitner, Honguo Tian, Jeff Mattson, University of Minnesota (mcmaster@atlas.socsci.umn.edu)
" GIS and environmental risk assessment: Issues of scale, resolution and methodology"

Harvey, Francis, University of Kentucky, Caroline Velan, & Francois Golay, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Gerald Berthoud, University of Lausanne (fharvey@pop.uky.edu)
"Approaching networks of GI engineering: Merging quantitative and qualitative research methods"

3:45-4:15 Coffee break

4:15-5:40 SESSION 8: Institutions and GIS Practices, Chair: Nick Chrisman
Obermeyer, Nancy, Indiana State University (GENANCYO@scifac.indstate.edu)
"GIS certification: Protection or impediment?"

Epstein, Earl, Ohio State University (Epstein.4@osu.edu)
"GIS and the land management institution"

Roche, Stéphane, University D'Angers (Stephane.Roche@univ-angers.fr)
"The social construction of geographical information systems"

8:30 Breakfast

9:00-10:20 SESSION 9: Implementing PPGIS (Discussant: Nancy Obermeyer) Chair: David Mark
Kyem, Peter, Central Connecticut State University (Kyemp@ccsu.edu)
"Embedding GIS applications into resource management and planning activities of local community groups in Sub-Saharan Africa: A desirable innovation or a disabling undertaking?"

Weiner, Daniel & Trevor Harris, West Virginia University (Dweiner@wvu.edu)
"Community-integrated GIS for land reform in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa"

Masucci, Michele, Temple University (masucci@nimbus.ocis.temple.edu)
"Virtuality and reality: Navigating the power relationships within geographic/information technology partnerships to discover the terrain of empowerment"

10:20-10:50 Coffee break

10:50-12:10 SESSION 10: Capturing Local Knowledge (Discussant: Daniel Weiner) Chair: Robert McMaster
Waldron, John & Daniel Z. Sui, Texas A&M University (johndwaldron@yahoo.com) "Integrating indigenous knowledge and GIS in land use suitability analysis"

Ryavec, Karl, University of Minnesota (Karl.E.Ryavec-1@tc.umn.edu)
"Integrating participatory mapping of pastoral land use in Tibet with a regional model of population-environment interactions on the Tibetan plateau"

Ghose, Rina, Illinois State University (rghose@ilstu.edu)
"Use of information technology for community empowerment: Transforming geographical information systems into community information systems"

12:10-1:15 LUNCH

1:15-3:00 SESSION 11: Reflections and Prospects
Plenary discussion led by members of the steering committee