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The discourse and discipline of GIS / K. St Martin in Cartographica, vol 42 n° 3 (September 2007)  

Public [article]  inCartographica > vol 42 n° 3 (September 2007) . - pp 235 - 248 Titre : The discourse and discipline of GIS Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : K. St Martin, Auteur ; J. Wing, Auteur Année de publication : 2007 Article en page(s) : pp 235 - 248 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Systèmes d'information géographique [Termes IGN] formation [Termes IGN] géographie générale [Termes IGN] SIG participatif [Termes IGN] système d'information géographique Résumé : (Auteur) Despite the many alternative insights produced within human geography since the height of the spatial science tradition of the 1960s and those within geographic information systems (GIS) itself, we still observe in our classrooms, hiring committees, and textbooks a dominant and singular understanding of GIS that fixes its meaning in ways that marginalize "non-GIS" geography. We are concerned about the effect that this valuation of GIS and devaluation of its others might have on the discipline of geography. In what follows, we report on our examination of the dominant discourse of GIS across a variety of sites in numerous academic, commercial, and educational sources where we found it to be repeatedly performed in ways that give particular meaning and power to "GIS." We identify four characteristics attributed to GIS by and through this widespread discourse. We then discuss the effect of this discourse and, in particular, what it might mean to the discipline of geography. Finally, we suggest an exploration of "heterodox GIS" as a discursive strategy that we should deploy in our classrooms, departments, and beyond, as well as a political project aimed at destabilizing a singular and orthodox GIS. Such strategies should not strive to undermine or negate GIS but, rather, should aim to negate the notion that GIS is a single thing, linearly progressing, inherently expanding, and universally applicable. Copyright University of Toronto Press Numéro de notice : A2007-490 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : GEOMATIQUE/INFORMATIQUE Nature : Article DOI : 10.3138/carto.42.3.235 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.3138/carto.42.3.235 Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=28853 [article]

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