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Dear Colleagues,<br>
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This is a reminder of the CfP for the upcoming PLATIAL'21 Symposium. <br>
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The deadline for submissions is about 4 weeks away and we look forward to<br>
receiving contributions on topics related to Place in GIScience (and geography,<br>
philosophy, and other cognate fields with an interest in place-related information),<br>
either in the form of short papers or mini-workshop proposals. We would also <br>
appreciate it if you could forward this call to anyone who might be <br>
interested in the symposium theme. For more information, please see the <br>
original email below and the attached PDF.<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
Franz-Benjamin Mocnik and René Westerholt<br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">Dear Colleagues,<br>
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We are delighted to invite you to the Third International PLATIAL'21<br>
Symposium, which will take place online on 15–17 December 2021 (hosted by<br>
the University of Twente, the Netherlands)! The event aims to put forward<br>
the notion of place in geographical information science. We accept short<br>
paper submissions, which will be published with separate DOIs online in<br>
high-quality proceedings. In addition, we are encouraging submitting<br>
proposals for 1–2-hours mini workshops.<br>
<br>
We are looking forward to your submissions, and to exciting discussions<br>
in December!<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
Franz-Benjamin Mocnik and René Westerholt<br>
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PS: Please spread the word to your personal networks and forward this<br>
call to anyone for whom it might be interesting and relevant.<br>
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PPS: Last year we had to cancel the event due to COVID but are glad to<br>
catch up on it this year.<br>
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# PLATIAL'21 Symposium on Platial Information Science<br>
<br>
Motto: Places across cultures<br>
<br>
15–17 December 2021, online<br>
Hosted by the University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands<br>
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Short Papers (3–5 pages)<br>
Mini Workshops (1–2-hours each)<br>
Submission Deadline: 14 October 2021<br>
<br>
Keynotes by Bill Palmer and Peter-Paul Verbeek (see below for details)<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://platial21.platialscience.net" target="_BLANK">http://platial21.platialscience.net</a><br>
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# PLATIAL'21 Symposium on Platial Information Science<br>
<br>
People “live” and constitute places every day through recurrent practices<br>
and experience. Both agency and experience are rooted in cultural<br>
embeddings that vary across different world regions. The complexity this<br>
entails requires researchers to investigate the concept of place through<br>
a variety of cultural lenses. The formal representation of place in<br>
GIScience is no exception and can only be successfully addressed if we<br>
consider geographical, psychological, linguistical, sociological,<br>
cognitive, and other perspectives taking account of cultural<br>
specificities.<br>
<br>
How can we represent not only place but also its cultural aspects? How<br>
can we be more inclusive when conceptualising place to also include<br>
marginalised communities? Is it even possible to find structures of place<br>
that extend beyond cultural anchoring? These and other related questions<br>
will be addressed at PLATIAL'21 and have led us to this year's motto<br>
“Places across cultures”. We hope to bring together place-based<br>
researchers from different disciplines to discuss the current state of<br>
theoretical and applied platial research.<br>
<br>
We welcome submissions of papers on the following topics:<br>
<br>
* Which approaches of place representation exist in various disciplines?<br>
* How can existing theoretical approaches of platial representation from<br>
different disciplines be integrated towards a unified notion of place?<br>
* How can we move forward the integration of platial information with<br>
GIS?<br>
* What are suitable strategies for addressing the subjectivity inherent<br>
to platial information?<br>
* What roles should uncertainty and fuzziness play in platial theories?<br>
* In which ways can places be visualised, in particular at multiple<br>
scales?<br>
* How can we demonstrate the practical usefulness of place-based<br>
information by means of examples and in comparison to spatial<br>
information?<br>
* (Further topics are welcome if they fit the overall theme of this<br>
symposium.)<br>
<br>
## IMPORTANT DATES<br>
<br>
14 October 2021 Submission deadline for both short papers and<br>
mini workshops<br>
15–17 December 2021 PLATIAL'21 Symposium<br>
<br>
## VENUE<br>
<br>
Online / hosted by the University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands<br>
<br>
## HOW TO CONTRIBUTE<br>
<br>
We are seeking high-quality contributions on the topics proposed. For<br>
this, we offer two different formats: compact mini workshops possibly<br>
accompanied by citable, joint recap papers; and short papers that will<br>
be orally presented in the regular track of the symposium.<br>
<br>
### SHORT PAPERS<br>
<br>
Regular short papers submitted to PLATIAL'21 should not exceed 3–5 pages,<br>
including abstract, figures, and references. Your papers should be<br>
prepared in adherence to the guidelines found in the Overleaf template:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://platialscience.net/overleaf21" target="_BLANK">
http://platialscience.net/overleaf21</a><br>
Submission of your paper (i.e., the PDF) should be done via EasyChair:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://platialscience.net/easychair21" target="_BLANK">
http://platialscience.net/easychair21</a><br>
We will only approach you upon paper acceptance to ask for submission of<br>
all finalized files (including the compiled PDF, LaTeX source files,<br>
figures). All submissions will be reviewed double-blind by at least two<br>
members of the programme committee. Therefore, please prepare your<br>
documents in anonymized form (see instructions given in the template and<br>
on the submissions page on the PLATIAL website). Submissions prepared<br>
using a Microsoft Word-based template are also possible:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://platialscience.net/word21" target="_BLANK">
http://platialscience.net/word21</a><br>
Please note, however, that this format entails a higher downstream<br>
(unpaid) editorial effort for both authors and organisers, as ultimately<br>
all contributions are to appear in a single collected volume. Submissions<br>
using our LaTeX template are therefore strongly encouraged.<br>
<br>
### MINI WORKSHOPS<br>
<br>
PLATIAL'21 offers the innovative format of mini workshops. Being concise<br>
and focused, these will allow peers to discuss specialised cutting-edge<br>
topics in a laid-back, intimate atmosphere. The idea is to have 1–2-hours<br>
sessions dedicated to specific platial topics. These sessions will be<br>
prepared, organised, and conducted by the workshop convenors who proposed<br>
the respective sessions. The format can be chosen freely and purposefully<br>
to allow for fruitful and creative interaction. For each mini workshop,<br>
the results achieved will ideally then lead to a joint paper of all<br>
attendees that will be given a suitable deadline for submission after the<br>
event. These contributions will undergo the same rigorous peer review by<br>
members of the programme committee as regular short papers. If you are<br>
interested in proposing a mini workshop on your topic of choice, please<br>
submit an informal one-page proposal in PDF format to<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:platial21@platialscience.net">platial21@platialscience.net</a> by 14 October. You may want to get in touch<br>
with the organisers prior to submission in case of any questions about<br>
topics you want to propose. We especially encourage early-career<br>
researchers to take this opportunity to discuss their ongoing research.<br>
<br>
### LONG-TERM CITABILITY<br>
<br>
We value your contributions! Therefore, your work should be visible and<br>
sustainably citable long-term after the symposium. All short paper<br>
contributions will be published online with individual DOIs as ZENODO<br>
Symposium Proceedings, an outlet funded by the European Commission to<br>
support publication of high-quality proceedings.<br>
<br>
Please find the proceedings of the previous PLATIAL events here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial19" target="_BLANK">http://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial19</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial18" target="_BLANK">http://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial18</a><br>
<br>
## HOW TO REGISTER?<br>
<br>
We will soon provide information about the registration procedure as well<br>
as further information about the event in general online:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://platial21.platialscience.net" target="_BLANK">http://platial21.platialscience.net</a><br>
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## PROGRAMME COMMITTEE<br>
<br>
* Dirk Burghardt (TU Dresden, Germany)<br>
* Alexis Comber (University of Leeds, UK)<br>
* Ekaterina Egorova (University of Twente, the Netherlands)<br>
* Susanne Frank (TU Dortmund University, Germany)<br>
* Michael F Goodchild (University of California Santa Barbara, US)<br>
* Menno-Jan Kraak (University of Twente, the Netherlands)<br>
* Agnieszka Leszczynski (Western University, Canada)<br>
* Grant McKenzie (McGill University, Canada)<br>
* Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi (Université Laval, Canada)<br>
* Bill Palmer (University of Newcastle, Australia)<br>
* Alenka Poplin (Iowa State University, US)<br>
* Ross Purves (University of Zurich, Switzerland)<br>
* Simon Scheider (Utrecht University, the Netherlands)<br>
* Sophie Schramm (TU Dortmund University, Germany)<br>
* Kathleen Stewart (University of Maryland, US)<br>
* Thora Tenbrink (Bangor University, UK)<br>
* Nigel Thrift (University of Oxford, UK)<br>
* Peter-Paul Verbeek (University of Twente, the Netherlands)<br>
* Louise Willemen (University of Twente, the Netherlands)<br>
* Stephan Winter (University of Melbourne, Australia)<br>
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## KEYNOTES<br>
<br>
The Role of Sociotopographic Place in Conceptual Representations of Space<br>
Bill Palmer (University of Newcastle, Australia)<br>
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tba<br>
Peter-Paul Verbeek (University of Twente, the Netherlands)<br>
<br>
A possible third keynote may be announced soon.<br>
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## SYMPOSIUM CONVENORS<br>
<br>
Franz-Benjamin Mocnik<br>
ITC, University of Twente, the Netherlands<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:franz-benjamin.mocnik@utwente.nl">franz-benjamin.mocnik@utwente.nl</a><br>
<br>
René Westerholt<br>
School of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Germany<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rene.westerholt@tu-dortmund.de">rene.westerholt@tu-dortmund.de</a><br>
<br>
Do not hesitate to post your questions to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:platial21@platialscience.net">
platial21@platialscience.net</a>.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://platial21.platialscience.net" target="_BLANK">http://platial21.platialscience.net</a><br>
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