strengthening the food web through ppgis
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Presented at Wisconsin Land Information Association Conference 2011Madison, WIShows how technological innovation, thematic networks and spaces of engagement can improve relations within the food distribution networkTRANSCRIPT
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Strengthening the Food Web through PPGISTechnological Applications, Scaled Networks and Spaces of Engagement
By Mark Caldwell, UWM
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Outline Position of Researcher What are the components of a “food
web”? How can Public Participatory (PPGIS)
strengthen this web? 1. Technological Applications 2. Scaled Networks 3. Spaces of Engagement Implications for Future Research
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Position of Researcher
Masters Student in GIS and Sociology at UWM
Thesis research focuses on food distribution systems associated with racial composition and poverty concentration
Work history with Growing Power, Hunger Task Force, SHARE, Inc. and Urban Ecology Center
Currently working with Milwaukee Food Council to strategically plan for new provisional food locations Ravens Haven- my urban garden
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What are the components of a “food web”?A Healthy Food System?
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How can Public Participatory GIS (PPGIS) strengthen this web?
“Public Participation GIS facilitates citizen-participation action by generating a range of grassroots, inner-city neighborhood based citizen groups.”
-R. Ghose This allows marginalized citizens to
reshape urban spaces by participating in work conducted by GIS data institutes
Copyright Wansoo IM
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How can Public Participatory GIS (PPGIS) strengthen this web?
Copyright Wansoo IM
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How can Public Participatory GIS (PPGIS) strengthen this web?
Grassroots Community
Food Organizations
Technological Innovation Scaled Networks
Spaces of Engagement
•ArcGIS •Google Earth•Data Warehouses•Internet Links•USDA/Census•Community Analyst
•Thematic•Territorial•Embedded Actors
• Council Meetings•Farmers Markets•Urban Gardens•Social Networking Websites
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Technological Innovation: Images
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Technological Innovation: Information
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Technological Innovation: Data Collation
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Scaled Networks: TerritorialScaled Networks: Thematic
Copyright R. Ghose
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Scaled Networks: Embedded Actors
“Through the “strength of weak ties’, actors can avail of the job opportunities not through direct contact but through a flow information via various networks in which they are embedded.”
R. Ghose, Politics of Scale and Networks of Association in PPGIS
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Spaces of Engagement
Minutes from Milwaukee Food Council Meeting
In attendance representatives from 13 distinct non-profit organizations
Information about grants, collaborations and current projects are disseminated back to non-profit locations
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Future Areas of Research: Data Interpolation
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Conclusions
Increases data exchange across network of organizations
Improves communication amongst embedded actors
Enhances strategic planning for future projects
Provides research basis for grants and funding
Digital divide and Internet software education
Data warehouses cannot integrate information
Research limited based on external funding
Networks not integrated; comparing apples to oranges
PROS CONS
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Thank you for attendingQuestions or Comments?
Mark CaldwellMA in Sociology and GIS
[email protected]://gis.sarup.uwm.edu/MAC4