A research agenda for digital geographies / edited by Tess Osborne (Lecturer in Human Geography, School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester) and Phil Jones (Reader in Cultural Geography, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Osborne, Tess, editor.

Jones, Phil, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar research agendas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet.

Geography.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

"Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Over the past decade, digital geographies has emerged as a dynamic area of scholarly enquiry, critically examining how the digital has reshaped the geography of our world. Bringing together authors working at the cutting-edge of the field, and grounding abstract ideas in case studies, this Research Agenda looks at the ways in which technology has altered all aspects of society, culture and the environment. Chapters explore four key themes: the role of technology infrastructures; the ways that winners and losers are created at the digital margins; the power of the digital to create new spaces; and the ways that the digital is changing research methods. Critically outlining the state of play around these topics, each chapter unpacks a case study related to pioneering research, suggesting possible avenues for research that digital geographers might pursue. The Research Agenda concludes with an identification of three priority areas for future work: the intimate nature of our relations with technology; approaches to resisting the power of technology companies; and finally, the need for more interdisciplinary approaches to examining digital geographies. Rooted in the subject areas of technology, geography, sociology and political science, A Research Agenda for Digital Geographies will be greatly valuable to human and socio-cultural geographers, and digital social scientists with an interest in how the digital affects society and space"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction to a research agenda for digital geographies / Tess Osborne and Phil Jones

Part I. Digital infrastructures and technologies

2. Digital geographies and the location economy: Towards a transdisciplinary research agenda / Peta Mitchell, Marcus Foth and Markus Rittenbruch

3. Do digital technologies have politics? Imaginaries, practices and socio-political implications of civic blockchain / Fabio Iapaolo, Chiara Certom. and Paolo Giaccaria

4. Concepts for robot geographies / Shanti Sumartojo

5. The radio spectrum: An imperceptible infrastructure? / Daisy Curtis

Part II. Digital methods and approaches

6. Virtual reality, place and affect / Zoe Gardner, Katy Bennett and Stefano De Sabbata

7. Wearable biosensors: An agenda for digital embodied methods / Tess Osborne, Paulo Morgado, Daniel Paiva and H. Shellae Versey

8. Digital film in therapeutic landscapes / Rosie Knowles

9. Doing digital children's geographies, imperfectly: Methodological reflections on a child-led digital tour in a slum neighbourhood in the philippines / Aireen Grace Andal

Part III. Digital margins

10. Situating data: A critique of universalist approaches to data / Azadeh Akbari

11. The digital geographies of an asylum seeker: Exploring the political potential of digital self-representation for marginalised populations / Seerat Kaur

12. Trusting data: The everyday geographies of gay men and digital data / Carl Bonner-Thompson

13. Digital geographies and ecologies / Jonathon Turnbull and Adam Searle

Part IV. Digital spacemaking

14. Geographies of the metaverse / Phil Jones

15. Disruptive spacemaking and extended reality / Rosie Wright

16. Digital placemaking: Experiencing places through mobile media / Maciej Gowczynski

17. The mundane digital geographies of public space: A speculative visual approach / Robert Lundberg

18. Conclusion: Toward a research agenda for digital geographies / Phil Jones and Tess Osborne

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781802200607 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.