Jeremy Crampton – my co-editor on the Foucault and Geography book and a couple of other projects – has a request for OOO people on his Foucault blog…
I wouldn’t mind getting a perspective on computer/GI Science “ontologies” from some of the OOO people. Maybe I’m being distracted by the word ontology in there, but at the least there is potential overlap and room for confusion as this word is thrown around. Especially as the GIScience people see themselves creating ontologies of objects.
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Hello Stuart Elden, I am planning to study GIS and I am curious if you can succinctly explain the overlap between Foucault and GIS as you would explain it. I have read Discipline and Punish, and Madness & Civilization, as well as plenty secondary sources on Foucault. I am interested in this community of GIS/geography writers and theorists who take a critical theorist perspective on this, and want to research more of your work. In the non-academic field, are there Foucauldian geographers and what are they primarily doing?
Much appreciated,
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I can’t help, unfortunately, since this isn’t what I do. You could contact Jeremy who is much more knowledgable on this topic, as well as the originator of the request. If you want to do some preparatory reading, you might look at the exchange between him and Agnieszka Leszczynski in Society and Space – http://www.envplan.com/contents.cgi?journal=D&volume=27&issue=4 or at Jeremy’s book Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS
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Thanks – that journal looks amazing. Good luck with your blog you’re very busy!