Discussion questions
Place and Meaning in Space
Giscience wants to know what the heck place even is…
What are the possibilities and limitations of a system of addressing like what3words?1
What might be the pros and cons of the non-hierarchical nature of what3words addressing scheme?
Think about the neighbourhood you live in. Where does it begin and end?
How do you know when you’ve arrived ‘home’?
Does the in place/out conception of place still apply with respect to graffiti post-Banksy?
On pages 106-7 I suggest that atlases and story maps with their narrative tendencies may be better vehicles for conveying a sense of place than more traditionaly GIS approaches. Discuss.
This prompt probably works best if you collect together a bunch of example atlases and/or story maps to consider.
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References
Not including providing cute just-so solutions to puzzles in comedy dramas. See this clip from The Outlaws S3↩︎