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Greetings Civiaccess folks!
I do not normally send personal notes to this list, but my friend Michael Lenczner, one of the list's founders suggested that I let you know what I have been and will be up to. I also figure that I owe it to you as I was not as present as I would have liked in the past year or so. I sent lots of links, but did not really update the datalibre.ca blog as I should have, and did not carefully respond to some of the awesome list posts and did not do as deep as I would have liked consultations and follow up regarding the OGP civil society position. mia culpa. Alternatively, you were all pretty great, Harvey did excellent work and I still welcome guest blog posts or a co-editor! Yesterday I submitted my PhD dissertation to the binders entitled: Data, Infrastructures and Geographical Imaginations (abstract is below). Today is my day off and tomorrow I get to start a post doctoral fellowship at the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre working on the SSHRC Partnership Project: Mapping the Legal and Policy Boundaries of Digital Cartography (https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Mapping+the+Legal+and+Policy+Boundaries+of+Digital+Cartography) in partnership with Centre for Law Technology and Society (http://www.techlaw.uottawa.ca/en/programs/technology-law/home.html) and the great folks at CIPPIC (http://cippic.ca/). I will also be doing some work on the preservation of scientific data, even in the absence of a 'real' national archive. I am not sure what my focus will be, but I welcome your suggestions. I was thinking of doing some sort of analysis of the open data initiatives in Canada, and would love to set up some questions and a comparative framework of sorts, that would include policy, law, technologies, substance, etc. and would really like to work with a few of you who might be interested in co-authoring some papers on the topic. Also, at the GCRC we work in the north and we have encountered instances where traditional and indigenous knowledge and open data and open access clash, and I will most likely be examining those issues as well. I would also like to consider mapping Canadian civil society and open data. Clearly early day's yet, and I am just thinking out loud here, but I will have some dedicated paid time to work on something and I would like it to be useful and relevant to the work we are all doing. On that note I will end as I need to go and listen to one of my academic heroes, Ian Hacking speak this morning. He is getting an honourary degree at Carleton. If you do not know him, I recommend you listen to this ideas How to Think About Science Episode (http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2009/01/02/how-to-think-about-science-part-1---24-listen/#episode4) and while you at it the Datson, Latour and Lovelock ones too. They all deal with data and science. Cheerio Data, Infrastructures and Geographical Imaginations May 23, 2012 Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University Abstract The central argument of this dissertation is that Canadian reality is conditioned by government data and their related infrastructures. Specifically, that Canadian geographical imaginations are strongly influenced by the Atlas of Canada and the Census of Canada. Both are long standing government institutions that inform government decision-making, and are normally considered to be objective and politically neutral. It is argued that they may also not be entirely politically neutral even though they may not be influenced by partisan politics, because social, technical and scientific institutions nuance objectivity. These institutions or infrastructures recede into the background of government operations, and although invisible, they shape how Canadian geography and society are imagined. Such geographical imaginations, it is argued, are important because they have real material and social effects. In particular, this dissertation empirically examines how the Atlas of Canada and the Census of Canada, as knowledge formation objects and as government representations, affect social and material reality and also normalize subjects. It is also demonstrated that the Ian Hacking dynamic Looping Effect framework of ‘Making Up People’ is not only useful to the human sciences, but is also an effective methodology that geographers can adapt and apply to the study of ‘Making Up Spaces’ and geographical imaginations. His framework was adapted to the study of the six editions of the Atlas of Canada and the Census of Canada between 1871 and 2011. Furthermore, it is shown that the framework also helps structure the critical examination of discourse, in this case, Foucauldian gouvernementalité and the biopower of socio-techno-political systems such as a national atlas and census, which are inextricably embedded in a social, technical and scientific milieu. As objects they both reflect the dominant value system of their society and through daily actions, support the dominance of this value system. While it is people who produce these objects, the infrastructures that operate in the background have technological momentum that also influence actions. Based on the work of Bruno Latour, the Atlas and the Canadian census are proven to be inscriptions that are immutable and mobile, and as such, become actors in other settings. Therefore, the Atlas of Canada and the Census of Canada shape and are shaped by geographical imaginations. -- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 |
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Congratulations on submitting Tracey!
-Glen Newton On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote: > Greetings Civiaccess folks! > > I do not normally send personal notes to this list, but my friend > Michael Lenczner, one of the list's founders suggested that I let you > know what I have been and will be up to. > > I also figure that I owe it to you as I was not as present as I would > have liked in the past year or so. I sent lots of links, but did not > really update the datalibre.ca blog as I should have, and did not > carefully respond to some of the awesome list posts and did not do as > deep as I would have liked consultations and follow up regarding the > OGP civil society position. mia culpa. Alternatively, you were all > pretty great, Harvey did excellent work and I still welcome guest blog > posts or a co-editor! > > Yesterday I submitted my PhD dissertation to the binders entitled: > Data, Infrastructures and Geographical Imaginations (abstract is > below). Today is my day off and tomorrow I get to start a post > doctoral fellowship at the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre > working on the SSHRC Partnership Project: Mapping the Legal and Policy > Boundaries of Digital Cartography > (https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Mapping+the+Legal+and+Policy+Boundaries+of+Digital+Cartography) > in partnership with Centre for Law Technology and Society > (http://www.techlaw.uottawa.ca/en/programs/technology-law/home.html) > and the great folks at CIPPIC (http://cippic.ca/). I will also be > doing some work on the preservation of scientific data, even in the > absence of a 'real' national archive. > > I am not sure what my focus will be, but I welcome your suggestions. > I was thinking of doing some sort of analysis of the open data > initiatives in Canada, and would love to set up some questions and a > comparative framework of sorts, that would include policy, law, > technologies, substance, etc. and would really like to work with a few > of you who might be interested in co-authoring some papers on the > topic. Also, at the GCRC we work in the north and we have encountered > instances where traditional and indigenous knowledge and open data and > open access clash, and I will most likely be examining those issues as > well. I would also like to consider mapping Canadian civil society > and open data. Clearly early day's yet, and I am just thinking out > loud here, but I will have some dedicated paid time to work on > something and I would like it to be useful and relevant to the work we > are all doing. > > On that note I will end as I need to go and listen to one of my > academic heroes, Ian Hacking speak this morning. He is getting an > honourary degree at Carleton. If you do not know him, I recommend you > listen to this ideas How to Think About Science Episode > (http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2009/01/02/how-to-think-about-science-part-1---24-listen/#episode4) > and while you at it the Datson, Latour and Lovelock ones too. They > all deal with data and science. > > Cheerio > > Data, Infrastructures and Geographical Imaginations > May 23, 2012 > Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University > > Abstract > The central argument of this dissertation is that Canadian reality is > conditioned by government data and their related infrastructures. > Specifically, that Canadian geographical imaginations are strongly > influenced by the Atlas of Canada and the Census of Canada. Both are > long standing government institutions that inform government > decision-making, and are normally considered to be objective and > politically neutral. It is argued that they may also not be entirely > politically neutral even though they may not be influenced by partisan > politics, because social, technical and scientific institutions nuance > objectivity. These institutions or infrastructures recede into the > background of government operations, and although invisible, they > shape how Canadian geography and society are imagined. Such > geographical imaginations, it is argued, are important because they > have real material and social effects. In particular, this > dissertation empirically examines how the Atlas of Canada and the > Census of Canada, as knowledge formation objects and as government > representations, affect social and material reality and also normalize > subjects. It is also demonstrated that the Ian Hacking dynamic > Looping Effect framework of ‘Making Up People’ is not only useful to > the human sciences, but is also an effective methodology that > geographers can adapt and apply to the study of ‘Making Up Spaces’ and > geographical imaginations. His framework was adapted to the study of > the six editions of the Atlas of Canada and the Census of Canada > between 1871 and 2011. Furthermore, it is shown that the framework > also helps structure the critical examination of discourse, in this > case, Foucauldian gouvernementalité and the biopower of > socio-techno-political systems such as a national atlas and census, > which are inextricably embedded in a social, technical and scientific > milieu. As objects they both reflect the dominant value system of > their society and through daily actions, support the dominance of this > value system. While it is people who produce these objects, the > infrastructures that operate in the background have technological > momentum that also influence actions. Based on the work of Bruno > Latour, the Atlas and the Canadian census are proven to be > inscriptions that are immutable and mobile, and as such, become actors > in other settings. Therefore, the Atlas of Canada and the Census of > Canada shape and are shaped by geographical imaginations. > > > -- > Tracey P. Lauriault > 613-234-2805 > _______________________________________________ > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss -- - http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/ - |
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Congratulations Tracey. Although I've been a regular reader of your
mails/discussions and did bring to light many grey areas of my understanding of open data, I really didn't know that you were doing PhD... Wow!!! Despite that you managed to be so regular in keeping up with civic access... !!! When I look back at the time I was writing up the dissertation at UVic, I was so stressed out. You are certainly amazing and now you are on your way to doing PD... Good Luck, Tracey. Nandan Nandakumar PhD Associate Prof in Geography University College, Trivandrum India. On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Glen Newton <[hidden email]> wrote: > Congratulations on submitting Tracey! > > -Glen Newton > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote: >> Greetings Civiaccess folks! >> >> I do not normally send personal notes to this list, but my friend >> Michael Lenczner, one of the list's founders suggested that I let you >> know what I have been and will be up to. >> >> I also figure that I owe it to you as I was not as present as I would >> have liked in the past year or so. I sent lots of links, but did not >> really update the datalibre.ca blog as I should have, and did not >> carefully respond to some of the awesome list posts and did not do as >> deep as I would have liked consultations and follow up regarding the >> OGP civil society position. mia culpa. Alternatively, you were all >> pretty great, Harvey did excellent work and I still welcome guest blog >> posts or a co-editor! >> >> Yesterday I submitted my PhD dissertation to the binders entitled: >> Data, Infrastructures and Geographical Imaginations (abstract is >> below). Today is my day off and tomorrow I get to start a post >> doctoral fellowship at the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre >> working on the SSHRC Partnership Project: Mapping the Legal and Policy >> Boundaries of Digital Cartography >> (https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Mapping+the+Legal+and+Policy+Boundaries+of+Digital+Cartography) >> in partnership with Centre for Law Technology and Society >> (http://www.techlaw.uottawa.ca/en/programs/technology-law/home.html) >> and the great folks at CIPPIC (http://cippic.ca/). I will also be >> doing some work on the preservation of scientific data, even in the >> absence of a 'real' national archive. >> >> I am not sure what my focus will be, but I welcome your suggestions. >> I was thinking of doing some sort of analysis of the open data >> initiatives in Canada, and would love to set up some questions and a >> comparative framework of sorts, that would include policy, law, >> technologies, substance, etc. and would really like to work with a few >> of you who might be interested in co-authoring some papers on the >> topic. Also, at the GCRC we work in the north and we have encountered >> instances where traditional and indigenous knowledge and open data and >> open access clash, and I will most likely be examining those issues as >> well. I would also like to consider mapping Canadian civil society >> and open data. Clearly early day's yet, and I am just thinking out >> loud here, but I will have some dedicated paid time to work on >> something and I would like it to be useful and relevant to the work we >> are all doing. >> >> On that note I will end as I need to go and listen to one of my >> academic heroes, Ian Hacking speak this morning. He is getting an >> honourary degree at Carleton. If you do not know him, I recommend you >> listen to this ideas How to Think About Science Episode >> (http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2009/01/02/how-to-think-about-science-part-1---24-listen/#episode4) >> and while you at it the Datson, Latour and Lovelock ones too. They >> all deal with data and science. >> >> Cheerio >> >> Data, Infrastructures and Geographical Imaginations >> May 23, 2012 >> Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University >> >> Abstract >> The central argument of this dissertation is that Canadian reality is >> conditioned by government data and their related infrastructures. >> Specifically, that Canadian geographical imaginations are strongly >> influenced by the Atlas of Canada and the Census of Canada. Both are >> long standing government institutions that inform government >> decision-making, and are normally considered to be objective and >> politically neutral. It is argued that they may also not be entirely >> politically neutral even though they may not be influenced by partisan >> politics, because social, technical and scientific institutions nuance >> objectivity. These institutions or infrastructures recede into the >> background of government operations, and although invisible, they >> shape how Canadian geography and society are imagined. Such >> geographical imaginations, it is argued, are important because they >> have real material and social effects. In particular, this >> dissertation empirically examines how the Atlas of Canada and the >> Census of Canada, as knowledge formation objects and as government >> representations, affect social and material reality and also normalize >> subjects. It is also demonstrated that the Ian Hacking dynamic >> Looping Effect framework of ‘Making Up People’ is not only useful to >> the human sciences, but is also an effective methodology that >> geographers can adapt and apply to the study of ‘Making Up Spaces’ and >> geographical imaginations. His framework was adapted to the study of >> the six editions of the Atlas of Canada and the Census of Canada >> between 1871 and 2011. Furthermore, it is shown that the framework >> also helps structure the critical examination of discourse, in this >> case, Foucauldian gouvernementalité and the biopower of >> socio-techno-political systems such as a national atlas and census, >> which are inextricably embedded in a social, technical and scientific >> milieu. As objects they both reflect the dominant value system of >> their society and through daily actions, support the dominance of this >> value system. While it is people who produce these objects, the >> infrastructures that operate in the background have technological >> momentum that also influence actions. Based on the work of Bruno >> Latour, the Atlas and the Canadian census are proven to be >> inscriptions that are immutable and mobile, and as such, become actors >> in other settings. Therefore, the Atlas of Canada and the Census of >> Canada shape and are shaped by geographical imaginations. >> >> >> -- >> Tracey P. Lauriault >> 613-234-2805 >> _______________________________________________ >> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >> [hidden email] >> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > > > > -- > - > http://zzzoot.blogspot.com/ > - > _______________________________________________ > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss |
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Hi Tracey,
I'd be happy to help you do an analysis of the open data initiatives in Canada and/or map Canadian open data. Congrats on your dissertation submission! Best, James On 2012-06-06, at 8:23 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote: > Greetings Civiaccess folks! > > I do not normally send personal notes to this list, but my friend > Michael Lenczner, one of the list's founders suggested that I let you > know what I have been and will be up to. > > I also figure that I owe it to you as I was not as present as I would > have liked in the past year or so. I sent lots of links, but did not > really update the datalibre.ca blog as I should have, and did not > carefully respond to some of the awesome list posts and did not do as > deep as I would have liked consultations and follow up regarding the > OGP civil society position. mia culpa. Alternatively, you were all > pretty great, Harvey did excellent work and I still welcome guest blog > posts or a co-editor! > > Yesterday I submitted my PhD dissertation to the binders entitled: > Data, Infrastructures and Geographical Imaginations (abstract is > below). Today is my day off and tomorrow I get to start a post > doctoral fellowship at the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre > working on the SSHRC Partnership Project: Mapping the Legal and Policy > Boundaries of Digital Cartography > (https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Mapping+the+Legal+and+Policy+Boundaries+of+Digital+Cartography) > in partnership with Centre for Law Technology and Society > (http://www.techlaw.uottawa.ca/en/programs/technology-law/home.html) > and the great folks at CIPPIC (http://cippic.ca/). I will also be > doing some work on the preservation of scientific data, even in the > absence of a 'real' national archive. > > I am not sure what my focus will be, but I welcome your suggestions. > I was thinking of doing some sort of analysis of the open data > initiatives in Canada, and would love to set up some questions and a > comparative framework of sorts, that would include policy, law, > technologies, substance, etc. and would really like to work with a few > of you who might be interested in co-authoring some papers on the > topic. Also, at the GCRC we work in the north and we have encountered > instances where traditional and indigenous knowledge and open data and > open access clash, and I will most likely be examining those issues as > well. I would also like to consider mapping Canadian civil society > and open data. Clearly early day's yet, and I am just thinking out > loud here, but I will have some dedicated paid time to work on > something and I would like it to be useful and relevant to the work we > are all doing. > > On that note I will end as I need to go and listen to one of my > academic heroes, Ian Hacking speak this morning. He is getting an > honourary degree at Carleton. If you do not know him, I recommend you > listen to this ideas How to Think About Science Episode > (http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2009/01/02/how-to-think-about-science-part-1---24-listen/#episode4) > and while you at it the Datson, Latour and Lovelock ones too. They > all deal with data and science. > > Cheerio > > Data, Infrastructures and Geographical Imaginations > May 23, 2012 > Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University > > Abstract > The central argument of this dissertation is that Canadian reality is > conditioned by government data and their related infrastructures. > Specifically, that Canadian geographical imaginations are strongly > influenced by the Atlas of Canada and the Census of Canada. Both are > long standing government institutions that inform government > decision-making, and are normally considered to be objective and > politically neutral. It is argued that they may also not be entirely > politically neutral even though they may not be influenced by partisan > politics, because social, technical and scientific institutions nuance > objectivity. These institutions or infrastructures recede into the > background of government operations, and although invisible, they > shape how Canadian geography and society are imagined. Such > geographical imaginations, it is argued, are important because they > have real material and social effects. In particular, this > dissertation empirically examines how the Atlas of Canada and the > Census of Canada, as knowledge formation objects and as government > representations, affect social and material reality and also normalize > subjects. It is also demonstrated that the Ian Hacking dynamic > Looping Effect framework of ‘Making Up People’ is not only useful to > the human sciences, but is also an effective methodology that > geographers can adapt and apply to the study of ‘Making Up Spaces’ and > geographical imaginations. His framework was adapted to the study of > the six editions of the Atlas of Canada and the Census of Canada > between 1871 and 2011. Furthermore, it is shown that the framework > also helps structure the critical examination of discourse, in this > case, Foucauldian gouvernementalité and the biopower of > socio-techno-political systems such as a national atlas and census, > which are inextricably embedded in a social, technical and scientific > milieu. As objects they both reflect the dominant value system of > their society and through daily actions, support the dominance of this > value system. While it is people who produce these objects, the > infrastructures that operate in the background have technological > momentum that also influence actions. Based on the work of Bruno > Latour, the Atlas and the Canadian census are proven to be > inscriptions that are immutable and mobile, and as such, become actors > in other settings. Therefore, the Atlas of Canada and the Census of > Canada shape and are shaped by geographical imaginations. > > > -- > Tracey P. Lauriault > 613-234-2805 > _______________________________________________ > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss |
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Thanks James!
I should be in mtl within the next couple of weeks, how about we meet then? Cheers t On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:29 PM, James McKinney <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hi Tracey, > > I'd be happy to help you do an analysis of the open data initiatives in Canada and/or map Canadian open data. > > Congrats on your dissertation submission! > > Best, > > James > > On 2012-06-06, at 8:23 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote: > >> Greetings Civiaccess folks! >> >> I do not normally send personal notes to this list, but my friend >> Michael Lenczner, one of the list's founders suggested that I let you >> know what I have been and will be up to. >> >> I also figure that I owe it to you as I was not as present as I would >> have liked in the past year or so. I sent lots of links, but did not >> really update the datalibre.ca blog as I should have, and did not >> carefully respond to some of the awesome list posts and did not do as >> deep as I would have liked consultations and follow up regarding the >> OGP civil society position. mia culpa. Alternatively, you were all >> pretty great, Harvey did excellent work and I still welcome guest blog >> posts or a co-editor! >> >> Yesterday I submitted my PhD dissertation to the binders entitled: >> Data, Infrastructures and Geographical Imaginations (abstract is >> below). Today is my day off and tomorrow I get to start a post >> doctoral fellowship at the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre >> working on the SSHRC Partnership Project: Mapping the Legal and Policy >> Boundaries of Digital Cartography >> (https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Mapping+the+Legal+and+Policy+Boundaries+of+Digital+Cartography) >> in partnership with Centre for Law Technology and Society >> (http://www.techlaw.uottawa.ca/en/programs/technology-law/home.html) >> and the great folks at CIPPIC (http://cippic.ca/). I will also be >> doing some work on the preservation of scientific data, even in the >> absence of a 'real' national archive. >> >> I am not sure what my focus will be, but I welcome your suggestions. >> I was thinking of doing some sort of analysis of the open data >> initiatives in Canada, and would love to set up some questions and a >> comparative framework of sorts, that would include policy, law, >> technologies, substance, etc. and would really like to work with a few >> of you who might be interested in co-authoring some papers on the >> topic. Also, at the GCRC we work in the north and we have encountered >> instances where traditional and indigenous knowledge and open data and >> open access clash, and I will most likely be examining those issues as >> well. I would also like to consider mapping Canadian civil society >> and open data. Clearly early day's yet, and I am just thinking out >> loud here, but I will have some dedicated paid time to work on >> something and I would like it to be useful and relevant to the work we >> are all doing. >> >> On that note I will end as I need to go and listen to one of my >> academic heroes, Ian Hacking speak this morning. He is getting an >> honourary degree at Carleton. If you do not know him, I recommend you >> listen to this ideas How to Think About Science Episode >> (http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2009/01/02/how-to-think-about-science-part-1---24-listen/#episode4) >> and while you at it the Datson, Latour and Lovelock ones too. They >> all deal with data and science. >> >> Cheerio >> >> Data, Infrastructures and Geographical Imaginations >> May 23, 2012 >> Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University >> >> Abstract >> The central argument of this dissertation is that Canadian reality is >> conditioned by government data and their related infrastructures. >> Specifically, that Canadian geographical imaginations are strongly >> influenced by the Atlas of Canada and the Census of Canada. Both are >> long standing government institutions that inform government >> decision-making, and are normally considered to be objective and >> politically neutral. It is argued that they may also not be entirely >> politically neutral even though they may not be influenced by partisan >> politics, because social, technical and scientific institutions nuance >> objectivity. These institutions or infrastructures recede into the >> background of government operations, and although invisible, they >> shape how Canadian geography and society are imagined. Such >> geographical imaginations, it is argued, are important because they >> have real material and social effects. In particular, this >> dissertation empirically examines how the Atlas of Canada and the >> Census of Canada, as knowledge formation objects and as government >> representations, affect social and material reality and also normalize >> subjects. It is also demonstrated that the Ian Hacking dynamic >> Looping Effect framework of ‘Making Up People’ is not only useful to >> the human sciences, but is also an effective methodology that >> geographers can adapt and apply to the study of ‘Making Up Spaces’ and >> geographical imaginations. His framework was adapted to the study of >> the six editions of the Atlas of Canada and the Census of Canada >> between 1871 and 2011. Furthermore, it is shown that the framework >> also helps structure the critical examination of discourse, in this >> case, Foucauldian gouvernementalité and the biopower of >> socio-techno-political systems such as a national atlas and census, >> which are inextricably embedded in a social, technical and scientific >> milieu. As objects they both reflect the dominant value system of >> their society and through daily actions, support the dominance of this >> value system. While it is people who produce these objects, the >> infrastructures that operate in the background have technological >> momentum that also influence actions. Based on the work of Bruno >> Latour, the Atlas and the Canadian census are proven to be >> inscriptions that are immutable and mobile, and as such, become actors >> in other settings. Therefore, the Atlas of Canada and the Census of >> Canada shape and are shaped by geographical imaginations. >> >> >> -- >> Tracey P. Lauriault >> 613-234-2805 >> _______________________________________________ >> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >> [hidden email] >> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss -- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 |
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I'd also be very interested in participating. I got into open data from the analytics/academic research side of things and would willing to contribute in whatever ways I can. Let me know how things start to develop and feel free to bounce some ideas off me if you'd like.
I think you might be on to something mentioning groups that clash with open data. I've met a number of people in the natural sciences through my work on fisheries who are definitely not in favour of open data, and I find myself wishing to understand this more.
Hope to hear more on this soon. Cheers, Andrew
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote: Thanks James! |
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Andrew;
I know from an indigenous / traditional knowledge perspective there are issues, also issues from the human sciences, and of course the privacy folks w/dbase linkages and aggregation. I would love to hear more about the kinds of things folks in the natural sciences are thinking, for instances, is it about biodiversity preservation, naturally protected areas, or is there something else. Cheers t On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Andrew Dyck <[hidden email]> wrote: > I'd also be very interested in participating. I got into open data from the > analytics/academic research side of things and would willing to contribute > in whatever ways I can. Let me know how things start to develop and feel > free to bounce some ideas off me if you'd like. > > I think you might be on to something mentioning groups that clash with open > data. I've met a number of people in the natural sciences through my work on > fisheries who are definitely not in favour of open data, and I find myself > wishing to understand this more. > > Hope to hear more on this soon. > > Cheers, > Andrew > > > On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> > wrote: >> >> Thanks James! >> >> I should be in mtl within the next couple of weeks, how about we meet >> then? >> >> Cheers >> t >> >> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:29 PM, James McKinney <[hidden email]> >> wrote: >> > Hi Tracey, >> > >> > I'd be happy to help you do an analysis of the open data initiatives in >> > Canada and/or map Canadian open data. >> > >> > Congrats on your dissertation submission! >> > >> > Best, >> > >> > James >> > >> > On 2012-06-06, at 8:23 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote: >> > >> >> Greetings Civiaccess folks! >> >> >> >> I do not normally send personal notes to this list, but my friend >> >> Michael Lenczner, one of the list's founders suggested that I let you >> >> know what I have been and will be up to. >> >> >> >> I also figure that I owe it to you as I was not as present as I would >> >> have liked in the past year or so. I sent lots of links, but did not >> >> really update the datalibre.ca blog as I should have, and did not >> >> carefully respond to some of the awesome list posts and did not do as >> >> deep as I would have liked consultations and follow up regarding the >> >> OGP civil society position. mia culpa. Alternatively, you were all >> >> pretty great, Harvey did excellent work and I still welcome guest blog >> >> posts or a co-editor! >> >> >> >> Yesterday I submitted my PhD dissertation to the binders entitled: >> >> Data, Infrastructures and Geographical Imaginations (abstract is >> >> below). Today is my day off and tomorrow I get to start a post >> >> doctoral fellowship at the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre >> >> working on the SSHRC Partnership Project: Mapping the Legal and Policy >> >> Boundaries of Digital Cartography >> >> >> >> (https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Mapping+the+Legal+and+Policy+Boundaries+of+Digital+Cartography) >> >> in partnership with Centre for Law Technology and Society >> >> (http://www.techlaw.uottawa.ca/en/programs/technology-law/home.html) >> >> and the great folks at CIPPIC (http://cippic.ca/). I will also be >> >> doing some work on the preservation of scientific data, even in the >> >> absence of a 'real' national archive. >> >> >> >> I am not sure what my focus will be, but I welcome your suggestions. >> >> I was thinking of doing some sort of analysis of the open data >> >> initiatives in Canada, and would love to set up some questions and a >> >> comparative framework of sorts, that would include policy, law, >> >> technologies, substance, etc. and would really like to work with a few >> >> of you who might be interested in co-authoring some papers on the >> >> topic. Also, at the GCRC we work in the north and we have encountered >> >> instances where traditional and indigenous knowledge and open data and >> >> open access clash, and I will most likely be examining those issues as >> >> well. I would also like to consider mapping Canadian civil society >> >> and open data. Clearly early day's yet, and I am just thinking out >> >> loud here, but I will have some dedicated paid time to work on >> >> something and I would like it to be useful and relevant to the work we >> >> are all doing. >> >> >> >> On that note I will end as I need to go and listen to one of my >> >> academic heroes, Ian Hacking speak this morning. He is getting an >> >> honourary degree at Carleton. If you do not know him, I recommend you >> >> listen to this ideas How to Think About Science Episode >> >> >> >> (http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2009/01/02/how-to-think-about-science-part-1---24-listen/#episode4) >> >> and while you at it the Datson, Latour and Lovelock ones too. They >> >> all deal with data and science. >> >> >> >> Cheerio >> >> >> >> Data, Infrastructures and Geographical Imaginations >> >> May 23, 2012 >> >> Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University >> >> >> >> Abstract >> >> The central argument of this dissertation is that Canadian reality is >> >> conditioned by government data and their related infrastructures. >> >> Specifically, that Canadian geographical imaginations are strongly >> >> influenced by the Atlas of Canada and the Census of Canada. Both are >> >> long standing government institutions that inform government >> >> decision-making, and are normally considered to be objective and >> >> politically neutral. It is argued that they may also not be entirely >> >> politically neutral even though they may not be influenced by partisan >> >> politics, because social, technical and scientific institutions nuance >> >> objectivity. These institutions or infrastructures recede into the >> >> background of government operations, and although invisible, they >> >> shape how Canadian geography and society are imagined. Such >> >> geographical imaginations, it is argued, are important because they >> >> have real material and social effects. In particular, this >> >> dissertation empirically examines how the Atlas of Canada and the >> >> Census of Canada, as knowledge formation objects and as government >> >> representations, affect social and material reality and also normalize >> >> subjects. It is also demonstrated that the Ian Hacking dynamic >> >> Looping Effect framework of ‘Making Up People’ is not only useful to >> >> the human sciences, but is also an effective methodology that >> >> geographers can adapt and apply to the study of ‘Making Up Spaces’ and >> >> geographical imaginations. His framework was adapted to the study of >> >> the six editions of the Atlas of Canada and the Census of Canada >> >> between 1871 and 2011. Furthermore, it is shown that the framework >> >> also helps structure the critical examination of discourse, in this >> >> case, Foucauldian gouvernementalité and the biopower of >> >> socio-techno-political systems such as a national atlas and census, >> >> which are inextricably embedded in a social, technical and scientific >> >> milieu. As objects they both reflect the dominant value system of >> >> their society and through daily actions, support the dominance of this >> >> value system. While it is people who produce these objects, the >> >> infrastructures that operate in the background have technological >> >> momentum that also influence actions. Based on the work of Bruno >> >> Latour, the Atlas and the Canadian census are proven to be >> >> inscriptions that are immutable and mobile, and as such, become actors >> >> in other settings. Therefore, the Atlas of Canada and the Census of >> >> Canada shape and are shaped by geographical imaginations. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Tracey P. Lauriault >> >> 613-234-2805 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >> >> [hidden email] >> >> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >> > [hidden email] >> > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss >> >> >> >> -- >> Tracey P. Lauriault >> 613-234-2805 >> _______________________________________________ >> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >> [hidden email] >> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss -- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 |
Re: PhD, My day off and next steps
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Tracey - Congratulations on the completion of your PhD! It is a major
accomplishment. Looking forward to seeing what you do next! Will let you know when I'm next in Ottawa. dave On 12-06-08 8:24 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote: > Andrew; > > I know from an indigenous / traditional knowledge perspective there > are issues, also issues from the human sciences, and of course the > privacy folks w/dbase linkages and aggregation. > > I would love to hear more about the kinds of things folks in the > natural sciences are thinking, for instances, is it about biodiversity > preservation, naturally protected areas, or is there something else. > > Cheers > t > > > > On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Andrew Dyck<[hidden email]> wrote: >> I'd also be very interested in participating. I got into open data from the >> analytics/academic research side of things and would willing to contribute >> in whatever ways I can. Let me know how things start to develop and feel >> free to bounce some ideas off me if you'd like. >> >> I think you might be on to something mentioning groups that clash with open >> data. I've met a number of people in the natural sciences through my work on >> fisheries who are definitely not in favour of open data, and I find myself >> wishing to understand this more. >> >> Hope to hear more on this soon. >> >> Cheers, >> Andrew >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault<[hidden email]> >> wrote: >>> Thanks James! >>> >>> I should be in mtl within the next couple of weeks, how about we meet >>> then? >>> >>> Cheers >>> t >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:29 PM, James McKinney<[hidden email]> >>> wrote: >>>> Hi Tracey, >>>> >>>> I'd be happy to help you do an analysis of the open data initiatives in >>>> Canada and/or map Canadian open data. >>>> >>>> Congrats on your dissertation submission! >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> James >>>> >>>> On 2012-06-06, at 8:23 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote: >>>> >>>>> Greetings Civiaccess folks! >>>>> >>>>> I do not normally send personal notes to this list, but my friend >>>>> Michael Lenczner, one of the list's founders suggested that I let you >>>>> know what I have been and will be up to. >>>>> >>>>> I also figure that I owe it to you as I was not as present as I would >>>>> have liked in the past year or so. I sent lots of links, but did not >>>>> really update the datalibre.ca blog as I should have, and did not >>>>> carefully respond to some of the awesome list posts and did not do as >>>>> deep as I would have liked consultations and follow up regarding the >>>>> OGP civil society position. mia culpa. Alternatively, you were all >>>>> pretty great, Harvey did excellent work and I still welcome guest blog >>>>> posts or a co-editor! >>>>> >>>>> Yesterday I submitted my PhD dissertation to the binders entitled: >>>>> Data, Infrastructures and Geographical Imaginations (abstract is >>>>> below). Today is my day off and tomorrow I get to start a post >>>>> doctoral fellowship at the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre >>>>> working on the SSHRC Partnership Project: Mapping the Legal and Policy >>>>> Boundaries of Digital Cartography >>>>> >>>>> (https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Mapping+the+Legal+and+Policy+Boundaries+of+Digital+Cartography) >>>>> in partnership with Centre for Law Technology and Society >>>>> (http://www.techlaw.uottawa.ca/en/programs/technology-law/home.html) >>>>> and the great folks at CIPPIC (http://cippic.ca/). I will also be >>>>> doing some work on the preservation of scientific data, even in the >>>>> absence of a 'real' national archive. >>>>> >>>>> I am not sure what my focus will be, but I welcome your suggestions. >>>>> I was thinking of doing some sort of analysis of the open data >>>>> initiatives in Canada, and would love to set up some questions and a >>>>> comparative framework of sorts, that would include policy, law, >>>>> technologies, substance, etc. and would really like to work with a few >>>>> of you who might be interested in co-authoring some papers on the >>>>> topic. Also, at the GCRC we work in the north and we have encountered >>>>> instances where traditional and indigenous knowledge and open data and >>>>> open access clash, and I will most likely be examining those issues as >>>>> well. I would also like to consider mapping Canadian civil society >>>>> and open data. Clearly early day's yet, and I am just thinking out >>>>> loud here, but I will have some dedicated paid time to work on >>>>> something and I would like it to be useful and relevant to the work we >>>>> are all doing. >>>>> >>>>> On that note I will end as I need to go and listen to one of my >>>>> academic heroes, Ian Hacking speak this morning. He is getting an >>>>> honourary degree at Carleton. If you do not know him, I recommend you >>>>> listen to this ideas How to Think About Science Episode >>>>> >>>>> (http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2009/01/02/how-to-think-about-science-part-1---24-listen/#episode4) >>>>> and while you at it the Datson, Latour and Lovelock ones too. They >>>>> all deal with data and science. >>>>> >>>>> Cheerio >>>>> >>>>> Data, Infrastructures and Geographical Imaginations >>>>> May 23, 2012 >>>>> Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University >>>>> >>>>> Abstract >>>>> The central argument of this dissertation is that Canadian reality is >>>>> conditioned by government data and their related infrastructures. >>>>> Specifically, that Canadian geographical imaginations are strongly >>>>> influenced by the Atlas of Canada and the Census of Canada. Both are >>>>> long standing government institutions that inform government >>>>> decision-making, and are normally considered to be objective and >>>>> politically neutral. It is argued that they may also not be entirely >>>>> politically neutral even though they may not be influenced by partisan >>>>> politics, because social, technical and scientific institutions nuance >>>>> objectivity. These institutions or infrastructures recede into the >>>>> background of government operations, and although invisible, they >>>>> shape how Canadian geography and society are imagined. Such >>>>> geographical imaginations, it is argued, are important because they >>>>> have real material and social effects. In particular, this >>>>> dissertation empirically examines how the Atlas of Canada and the >>>>> Census of Canada, as knowledge formation objects and as government >>>>> representations, affect social and material reality and also normalize >>>>> subjects. It is also demonstrated that the Ian Hacking dynamic >>>>> Looping Effect framework of ‘Making Up People’ is not only useful to >>>>> the human sciences, but is also an effective methodology that >>>>> geographers can adapt and apply to the study of ‘Making Up Spaces’ and >>>>> geographical imaginations. His framework was adapted to the study of >>>>> the six editions of the Atlas of Canada and the Census of Canada >>>>> between 1871 and 2011. Furthermore, it is shown that the framework >>>>> also helps structure the critical examination of discourse, in this >>>>> case, Foucauldian gouvernementalité and the biopower of >>>>> socio-techno-political systems such as a national atlas and census, >>>>> which are inextricably embedded in a social, technical and scientific >>>>> milieu. As objects they both reflect the dominant value system of >>>>> their society and through daily actions, support the dominance of this >>>>> value system. While it is people who produce these objects, the >>>>> infrastructures that operate in the background have technological >>>>> momentum that also influence actions. Based on the work of Bruno >>>>> Latour, the Atlas and the Canadian census are proven to be >>>>> inscriptions that are immutable and mobile, and as such, become actors >>>>> in other settings. Therefore, the Atlas of Canada and the Census of >>>>> Canada shape and are shaped by geographical imaginations. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Tracey P. Lauriault >>>>> 613-234-2805 >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >>>>> [hidden email] >>>>> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >>>> [hidden email] >>>> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tracey P. Lauriault >>> 613-234-2805 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >>> [hidden email] >>> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >> [hidden email] >> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > > |
Re: PhD, My day off and next steps
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Re: issues in the natural sciences, I'd say that a big component is related to the current methods of disseminating scientific information through academic journals. A couple themes, but definitely feel like it's something that could use more research to understand.
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote: Andrew; |
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And I would be happy to create an interactive visualization for that if we can come up with a spreadsheet format.
-- Sébastien
2012/6/7 James McKinney <[hidden email]> Hi Tracey, |
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