Who Maps Middle Eastern Geographies in the Digital Age? Inequalities in Web 2.0 Cartographies in Israel/Palestine
Glasze G, Bittner C (2021)
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2021
Edited Volumes: Media and Mapping Practices in the Middle East and North Africa
ISBN: 9789048541508
DOI: 10.5117/9789462989092_ch02
Abstract
Cartographic practices have long been the domain of professionalized and centralized actors from governmental or commercial spheres. Inspired by the emergence of mapping practices in the age of Web 2.0, however, new forms of mapping may offer a bottom-up alternative. Indeed, the mapping platforms Wikimapia and especially OpenStreetMap have proven that geographical information and maps can be generated via crowdsourcing by cartographic amateurs. Yet, several studies have excavated powerful exclusion mechanisms in such Web 2.0 cartographies, showing that user-generated geographical content is often produced by privileged demographic groups. This chapter will explore these patterns of exclusion and inclusion in OpenStreetMap and Wikimapia in the examples of the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem.
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APA:
Glasze, G., & Bittner, C. (2021). Who Maps Middle Eastern Geographies in the Digital Age? Inequalities in Web 2.0 Cartographies in Israel/Palestine. In Amsterdam University Press (Eds.), Media and Mapping Practices in the Middle East and North Africa..
MLA:
Glasze, Georg, and Christian Bittner. "Who Maps Middle Eastern Geographies in the Digital Age? Inequalities in Web 2.0 Cartographies in Israel/Palestine." Media and Mapping Practices in the Middle East and North Africa. Ed. Amsterdam University Press, 2021.
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