Geography Flashcards
Digital turn in geography
A turn to the digital. Digital devices and software packages have become essential to geographic practice
Digital geographies
The interdisciplinary field of study that explores the interactions between digital technologies, information, and spatial or geographic processes. This field examines how digital technologies and the internet intersect with physical spaces, shaping and being shaped by the geographies in which they operate.
Spatial
Refers to anything related to space, particularly the physical or geometric aspects of space
Geographies through the digital
How the digital create knowledge about geographies. It involves the use of digital technologies, such as computing and mapping tools. E.g Queering the Map created knowledge about places
Geographies produced by the digital
How the internet are transforming economic, cultural, social and political geographies. Refer to the ways in which the digital is shaping and transforming the production of space and socio-spatial relations. It involves using digital technologies and platforms to create, manipulate, and share geographic knowledge and information. It means using digital tools and technologies to understand and interact with the world around us in a geographical context. E.g reviews on Google Maps is a way to share knowledge about a place
Geographies of the digital
Examine how digital spaces (cyberspace, virtual worlds, digital games, online platforms) are contructed and how they interact with physical spaces. Geographers examine how these digital spaces are constructed and how they interact with physical spaces. E.g apps creates digital cultures or study how virtual worlds are constructed and how they interact with physical spaces
Splintering urbanism
A planning logic characterized by uneven development through the creation of differential and fragmentary infrastructures and services that are organized , for profit more than public good.
The digital divide
The digital divide refers to the gap between those who have access to modern information and communication technology (ICT) and those who do not, creating disparities in terms of digital skills, knowledge, and opportunities. The consequences of the digital divide are significant and can perpetuate existing social inequalities. Efforts to close the gap often involve initiatives aimed at improving digital literacy, expanding internet infrastructure, and making digital technologies more accessible to underserved populations.
Geoweb
Refers to the integration of geographical information with the World Wide Web. It involves using web technologies to organize, access, and visualize location-based data on the internet
Cyberspace
A set of material infrastructures and a space for share experience
Illiberal pragmatisism
The way in which an authoritarian state tolerates or even encourages LGBTQ life as a by-product of economic development and global city positioning, while simultaneously relegating LGBTQ representation and civil rights to the margins to placate conservative factions
Code Space
A concept that explores the formation of social codes in hybrid digital and material spaces, regulating and transforming socio-spatial experiences
Interdigital space
Refers to the importance of the spaces between material urban space and cyberspace for the queer encounter, where identity is performed through fixed urban sites and cyber-relations
Slumdog romance
A term used to describe Facebook-enabled love geographies in poor Indian cities and the layers of religious, ethnic, and class-related factors in the formation of cyber-romance among groups, including the LGBTQ community
Pragmatic resistance
Involves utilizing different methods and tactics to challenge anti-LGBTQ laws, resulting in small legal victories that culminate in steps forward
