Mapping Maps

What's New About Neocartography?

20-21 January 2011
Artur-Woll-Haus, University Siegen, Germany


A Conference of the DFG-Project »Media Geography« and the Graduate School »Locating Media/Situated Media« University of Siegen.

Thursday, 20 January

14:00-14:30 h Introduction
Jörg Döring / Tristan Thielmann

Imagining Maps (Moderation: Gabriele Schabacher / Jörg Döring)

14:30-16:00 h
Lisa Parks: Mapping Orbit: Cartography, Geo-annotation, and Outer Space
Manuel Schramm: The Rise of Aerial Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in German and US-American Cartography

Coffee break

16:30-18:15 h
Nathalie Roseau: Mapping the Metropolis with Aerial Views
Denis Wood: The Challenge to Neocartography Presented by Guy Debord and Kevin Lynch

Friday, 21 January

Mashup Maps (Moderation: Annika Richterich / Pablo Abend)

9:00-10:15 h
Ramón Reichert: Dating Maps. Mapping Love in Online Dating Communities
Marc Relieu: "Any Info on Flooding." Reference Practices to Persons and Places in a GoogleMap

Coffee break

10:30-12:00 h
Chris Perkins: The Mutability of Mapping: Practices and Performance in OpenStreetMap
Richard Rogers: Mapping for People

12:00-14:00 h Lunch

Mobilizing Maps (Moderation: Johannes Paßmann / Tristan Thielmann)

14:00-15:45 h
Valérie November: From Neocartography to Navigational Geography: Towards a New Theoretical Framework
Nanna Verhoeff: Performative Cartography: The Interface of Mobile Screens of Navigation
Sybille Lammes: Playful Cartography: Mobile Mapping Interfaces as Ludic Practices

Coffee break

16:00-17:30 h
Eric Laurier: What it Means to Change Lanes: Actions, Emotions and Wayfinding in the Family Car
Natalia Nobre / Marc Relieu: GPS in Action: Making Sense of Vocal and Visual Instructions in Cars

 
Poster - Mapping Maps download pdf
Link to the conference website