The graphic above is from a study entitled "Spatializing Social Networks: Using Social Network Analysis to Investigate Geographies of Gang Rivalry, Territoriality, and Violence in Los Angeles" (If anyone wants the full paper I have member access to it and will try to upload it to Prof. Tunnard's Google Drive) It is basically a social network given spatiality, and visualizing the data on a map adds another dimension to the possibilities for analysis.
Ironically the AAG Annual Meeting is in L.A. this year! You should all consider this great opportunity to share your work for this or any other course with an enthusiastic and appreciative community of academics and practitioners of geography and related disciplines (if you haven't figured this out yet just put a spatial spin on any field and your in).
This year's themes include:
- Emerging Asias
- Beyond the Los Angeles School: Global Urbanization
- Climate Change, Variability, Adaptation and Justice
- Geography, GIScience, and Health: Spatial Frontiers of Health Research and Practice
- Activist Geographies: Struggles for Social and Environmental Justice
- Borders
Abstracts are due by October 24th.
2 comments:
This type of geo-SNA is exploding. Thanks for this interesting contribution
This is so interesting! I studied geography as an undergraduate, and in typical Fletcher form, was always more interested in social geography. Seems like it is taking the analysis one step further than simply using location as an attribute--because with GIS, one can use very specific locations.
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