Geography in the Big Data Age

An Overview of the Historical Resonance of Current Debates

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4491752
AutoresDaniela Ferreira (0000-0001-5335-4337, University of Lisbon), Mário Vales (0000-0002-4548-2459, University of Lisbon)
Ano2022
Volume112
Fascículo2
Páginas250-266
Data de publicação2022-03-15
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeographical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00167428.2020.1832424
OpenAlexW3092329555
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas94

Although much has been written about the challenges of big data, there has been little reflection on the historicity of such debates and what we can learn from it. With this in mind, the aim of this article is to situate the epistemological debates over big data in geography historically. We focus on the three most relevant topics in current discussions around big data that have significant historical resonance, namely its methodological challenges, its scientific value, and its positionality. We conclude by arguing that understanding the historical resonance of current big data debates is helpful to find new ways to question its epistemological consequences

Big data · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Historicity (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Law · Philosophy