March 2003
Posted March 21, 2003The Geographic Information Science Center Lecture Series for Spring 2003
The Geographic Information Science Center
Lecture Series
Spring, 2003
February 24:
"Resource Sharing for Humanities Research: Digitizing
Japanese Classical Literature"
Shoichiro Hara, National Institute for Japanese Literature
Pioneers in utilizing technology for humanities research are developing models for digital access and data-sharing. The National Institute of Japanese Literature has been engaged in database development for the ancient classics of Japanese literature. Professor Hara will outline the overall project, the complexities of dealing with Japanese literature in a
digital environment, and the technical aspects of the project.
4 pm, Institute for East Asian Studies Conference Room, 2223 Fulton Street
- Co-Sponsors:
- Geographic Information Science Center
- Center for Japanese Studies
- Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
- Center for Technology Research in the Interests of Society
April 17:
"GIS: Unifying Theory/Methodology for Journalism and the
Social Sciences?"
John T. Johnson, San Francisco State University
William Drummond, Professor, School of Journalism
The digital revolution has spawned the third great era in how humanity records, stores, retrieves, analyzes and communicates data and information. The sudden availability of digital hardware, software and publicly accessible data is demanding that journalists and all social scientists look at the world and its phenomena with new information- and knowledge-making tools. Geographic Information Systems (Science?) is one of the most powerful of those new tools. Its potential suggests coming intellectual and conceptual changes far beyond fast maps and easy driving directions, changes that could dramatically modify journalism and even democracy itself.
3:30 pm, Krouzian Room, Bancroft Library
- Co-Sponsors:
- Geographic Information Science Center
- School of Journalism
May 5:
"Digitally Archiving and Mapping Cultural History"
Alan Potkin, Digital Conservation Facility, Laos
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3:30 pm
- Co-Sponsors:
- Geographic Information Science Center
- Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
- Berkeley Center for the Information Society
June 18
Uncovering Angkor: Remote Sensing and GIS in Cambodian Archaeology
Speaker: Damian Robinson, University of Sydney
Location: TBA
June 18:
"The Unseen at Angkor: Remote Sensing and GIS in Cambodian Archaeology"
Damian Evans, Archaeological Computing Laboratory, University of Sydney
The ancient capital of Angkor in Cambodia is one of the great world archaeological sites. With the aid of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, new sites, some in areas land mine dangers render unavailable to ground exploration, are being uncovered, analyzed, and documented. This lecture is part of a one-day workshop on geo-referencing cultural information. For details, please email cari@uclink.berkeley.edu.
4 pm, 212 Wurster Hall
- Co-Sponsors:
- Geographic Information Science Center
- Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
- Center for Technology Research in the Interests of Society
All events are free and open to the public.
The Geographic Information Science Center
412 Wurster Hall
gisc.berkeley.edu
Contact: Caverlee Cary
GIS Center
(510) 642-8727
cari@uclink.berkeley.edu
November 1, 2003 - Geographic Information Science Center Lecture Series
"Spatial Perspectives:
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
in the Humanities and Social Sciences"
Friday, November 1
Maggie Exon, South Asia Research Unit, Curtin University, Australia
"Mapping Diversity:
Hopes and Challenges in the Development of ECAI South Asia"
4 pm
Center for Middle Eastern Studies Conference Room, 340 Stephens Hall
Co-sponsors:
Center for South Asia Studies
Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
Monday, November 11
Ge Jianxiong, Fudan University, Peoples Republic of China
"The China Historical GIS"
4 pm
Institute for East Asian Studies Conference Room, 6th Floor, 2223 Fulton Street
Co-sponsor:
Center for Chinese Studies
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
Center for Technology Research in the Interests of Society
Monday, November 18
Fan I-chun, History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
"The Historical E-Atlas of China"
4 pm
Institute for East Asian Studies Conference Room, 6th Floor, 2223 Fulton Street
Co-sponsor:
Center for Chinese Studies
East Asian Library
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
Center for Technology Research in the Interests of Society
Monday, December 2
Roland Fletcher, University of Sydney
“The Use of Satellite Imagery for Historical Mapping and Studying Urban
Expansion (Case Studies from Cambodia and Korea)”
4 pm
Institute for East Asian Studies Conference Room, 6th Floor, 2223 Fulton Street
Co-sponsors:
Center for Korean Studies
Center for Southeast Asia Studies
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
Center for Technology Research in the Interests of Society
Thursday, December 5
Heng Thung
"Remote Sensing in Cambodia"
Mar Zamora
"Recent GIS Research in Spain"
3 pm
112 Wurster Hall
Co-sponsors:
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
Center for Technology Research in the Interests of Society
Contact for further information:
Caverlee Cary
Geographic Information Science Center
412 Wurster Hall
Tel: 642-8737
cari@uclink.berkeley.edu
Mapped Heritage in Laos Conference
May 5, 2003 - Mapped Heritage in Laos: Vientiane Historical Cartography and Computer Applications for Historic Preservation
Date & Time:
3:00 pm
May 5, 2003
Speaker's Name:
Alan Potkin
Speakers' university affiliation:
Digital Conservation Facility, Laos
Location:
Stone Room, Bancroft Library
Primary Sponsor Unit/Dept:
Geographic Information Science Center
Co-sponsor(s):
Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
Contact for further information:
Caverlee Cary, 642-8737
Event's web address:
gisc.berkeley.edu
