Welcome to the kick-off of the 2012 Virtual Geography Convention! If
you have a presentation or blog post you wished published please
contact me at catholicgauze [at] gmail [dot] com!
For those who want to know what is going on at the American Association of Geographers' convention the Twitter hashtag #AAG2012 is a good place to check the latest updates. Twitter, almost, gives the feeling of being there and yet allows people to save hundreds of dollars.
Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly which demonstrate how geography can be useful, interesting, and irrelevant depending on how it is done.
For those who want to know what is going on at the American Association of Geographers' convention the Twitter hashtag #AAG2012 is a good place to check the latest updates. Twitter, almost, gives the feeling of being there and yet allows people to save hundreds of dollars.
Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly which demonstrate how geography can be useful, interesting, and irrelevant depending on how it is done.
Andrew Shears: #Neoliberalism as #Hazard. Pimpin' panel put together by #KentState geog grad students. #aag2012
Kristen Grady: #AAG2012
Innovation, exchange, dispersion of ideas, happens near high air
traffic areas (int'l airports) -The Influence of Mobility by Air
Emily Fekete: Now at session entitled Erotic Cities: Geography of Sexual Economies.#AAG2012
Jason Farman: Don Mitchell from Syracuse: What do you do when you're in a time when revolution isn't in the cards? You teach.#AAG2012
Jason Farman: Great to hear these panelists connect Lefebvre to the Arab Spring & Occupy and, ultimately, give a call for revolution & change.#AAG2012
Matt Fockler: So many amazing new ideas in HGIS and working with Historic Maps. Makes me realize how much of a GIS caveman I am.#AAG2012 #histgeog
Korey Klein: Great panel on the future of academic GIS centers"We have to be willing to change the names as GIS is not the umbrella term it was"#AAG2012
Roger Keil: Henri Lefebvre once again revolutionizes space: standing room only at#AAG2012 session on the French thinker's work! #theurbanrevolution
Michael Gould: At 2pm I will present opportunities to collaborate on global education initiatives! Esri booth 400.#aag2012
Marcel Fortin: Geodesy lesson through great historic photos and maps at#NYPL / #AAG2012 by John Cloud #NOAA
Kirk Goldsberry: Nick Perdue just gave a great talk on mapping urban population in new ways.#aag2012
CommonsLab: Attending#AAG2012 session on Utilizing Volunteered Geographic Information for Disease Surveillance by Shaun Langley, MSU. Sheraton RM F
nazila: AAG. - Jobs in Geography - would you hire a geographer? Labeling yrself may hurt. Research the company first - find ways to fit in.#AAG2012
Edu-Tourist: Inspiring workshop yesterday on#mapping Holocaust @NYPLMaps #AAG2012
Emily Fekete: Now at session entitled Erotic Cities: Geography of Sexual Economies.
Jason Farman: Don Mitchell from Syracuse: What do you do when you're in a time when revolution isn't in the cards? You teach.
Jason Farman: Great to hear these panelists connect Lefebvre to the Arab Spring & Occupy and, ultimately, give a call for revolution & change.
Matt Fockler: So many amazing new ideas in HGIS and working with Historic Maps. Makes me realize how much of a GIS caveman I am.
Korey Klein: Great panel on the future of academic GIS centers"We have to be willing to change the names as GIS is not the umbrella term it was"
Roger Keil: Henri Lefebvre once again revolutionizes space: standing room only at
Michael Gould: At 2pm I will present opportunities to collaborate on global education initiatives! Esri booth 400.
Marcel Fortin: Geodesy lesson through great historic photos and maps at
Kirk Goldsberry: Nick Perdue just gave a great talk on mapping urban population in new ways.
CommonsLab: Attending
nazila: AAG. - Jobs in Geography - would you hire a geographer? Labeling yrself may hurt. Research the company first - find ways to fit in.
Edu-Tourist: Inspiring workshop yesterday on
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