Knowledge Production through Critical GIS

Genealogy and Prospects

Bibliographic Data

ID14701677
AuthorsElaine Sheppard (0000-0002-6635-0965, University of Minnesota, corresponding author), Eric Sheppard (0000-0002-5299-5586)
Year2005
Volume40
Issue4
Pages5-21
Publication date2005-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0317-7173 • E-ISSN: 1911-9925
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/gh27-1847-qp71-7tp7
OpenAlexW1996321752
LanguageEN
Citations received107
References cited73

Over the last decade, a new research program has emerged at the interface between geographic information science and geographical social theory, now called critical GIS. In this article I analyse the emergence of critical GIS as an example of knowledge production in geography. I examine its genealogy, highlighting the key debates, events, and individuals instrumental in facilitating a rapprochement between two initially opposed scholarly communities and tracing the directions that this has since taken. Addressing its current incarnation as critical GIS, I relate it to the critical theory tradition in the social sciences and assess the pertinence of the term “critical” for describing the epistemology and philosophy of critical GIS. I examine how technology, the geography of GIS research, and politics are shaping the future trajectory of critical GIS. Drawing on Helen Longino's vision for strong knowledge production, I argue that the future of critical GIS will depend on the ability of its practitioners to remain conscious and reflexively critical of their own emergent presuppositions

Cartography · Critical geography · Critical theory · Cultural geography · Epistemology · Geographic information system · Geography · Human geography · Knowledge management · Knowledge production · Political science · Politics · Presupposition · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Geography Education and Pedagogy · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought · Law · Philosophy

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