- Author: Mark Altaweel
- Full Title: GIS and Social Activism
- Category: articles
- Document Tags: #geospatial
- URL: https://www.geographyrealm.com/gis-social-activism/
Highlights
- Since the mid to late 2000s, the emergence of neogeography, or the use of geospatial technologies for personal or community activities, has allowed social activists to greatly increase their utilization of GIS and GIS-related tools. One example is a participatory art project in China, where people expressed themselves through artistic contributions that were geospatially referenced through social media. The project was a subtle protest against perceived state and economic injustices.[2|2] In fact, user communities in China have become very active in using Web 2.0 and geospatial technologies on their phones to report events or observations to community sites.[3|3] (View Highlight)