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Dear Colleagues,<br>
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We are very pleased to announce that the programme for the PLATIAL'21 Symposium on
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Platial Information Science is now finalised. Below you will find all relevant information
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including links that will take you to the full programme and registration pages. We invite you
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to register soon and secure your place to participate in exciting discussions on all things
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place-based! Please also feel free to forward this email to potentially interested people in
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your networks. Thank you for your support!<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
René Westerholt and Franz-Benjamin Mocnik<br>
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# PLATIAL'21 Symposium on Platial Information Science<br>
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15–17 December 2021, online<br>
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Hosted and co-organised by ITC, University of Twente, NL<br>
and the Department of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, DE<br>
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We are very pleased to announce the programme of PLATIAL'21!<br>
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For a full overview including abstracts, please visit:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://platial21.platialscience.net/programme" moz-do-not-send="true">http://platial21.platialscience.net/programme</a><br>
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Registration is open and possible via<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://platial21.platialscience.net/participation" moz-do-not-send="true">http://platial21.platialscience.net/participation</a><br>
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The motto of this years' event is 'Places across cultures' and the<br>
outline of speakers and workshop organisers is truly global!<br>
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## Keynotes<br>
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We are looking forward to two inspiring keynotes by<br>
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Peter-Paul Verbeek (University of Twente, NL)<br>
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Topic: TBA<br>
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and<br>
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Bill Palmer (University of Newcastle, AU)<br>
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Topic: Terrain, Topography, Landscape and Place: <br>
The Interplay of Language, Culture and Environment<br>
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## Papers<br>
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The topics covered at this year's event include:<br>
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* Mediated geographies<br>
* Place representations<br>
* Cartographic visualisation of places<br>
* Reasons for place preferences<br>
* Visualisation of fuzzy boundaries<br>
* Place in morphological research<br>
* Analysis of place reviews<br>
* Place in urban planning documents<br>
* Emotions felt at places<br>
* Unsafe places<br>
* (and many more)<br>
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These topics are contributed and presented by:<br>
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* Christian Caton (University of Warwick, UK)<br>
* Ceren Dolma (University of Twente, NL)<br>
* Milana Glebova (University of Twente, NL)<br>
* Max Gula (Iowa State University, US)<br>
* Yulan He (University of Warwick, UK)<br>
* Thomas Kosacz (Iowa State University, US)<br>
* Laura Kühl (Heidelberg University, DE)<br>
* Grant McKenzie (McGill University, CA)<br>
* Franz-Benjamin Mocnik (University of Twente, NL)<br>
* Fatema Nourin (Iowa State University, US)<br>
* Tessio Novack (University of Warwick, UK)<br>
* Gabriele Pergola (University of Warwick, UK)<br>
* Alenka Poplin (Iowa State University, US)<br>
* Johanna Richardson (Massey University, NZ)<br>
* Tilman Schwarze (University of Glasgow, UK)<br>
* Liudmila Slivinskaya (TU Dortmund University, DE)<br>
* Kristin Stock (Massey University, NZ)<br>
* Tim Tobin (Iowa State University, US)<br>
* Cosima Werner (Kiel University, DE)<br>
* René Westerholt (TU Dortmund University, DE)<br>
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## Workshops<br>
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In addition, we are pleased to accommodate three workshops as integral<br>
components of the event:<br>
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W1: Cyber ethics in platial research<br>
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* Ekaterina Egorova (University of Twente, NL)<br>
* Junghwan Kim (Harvard University, US)<br>
* Grant McKenzie (McGill University, CA)<br>
* Martin Tomko (University of Melbourne, AU)<br>
* Hongyu Zhang (McGill University, CA)<br>
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W2: Places of climate change<br>
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* Thora Tenbrink (Bangor University, UK)<br>
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W3: Streetscape perception modelling – Theoretical considerations and<br>
methodological possbilities<br>
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* Tessio Novack (University of Warwick, UK)<br>
* Carlos Cámara-Menoyo (University of Warwick, UK)<br>
* James Tripp (University of Warwick, UK)<br>
* Lichuan Xiang (University of Warwick, UK)<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://platial21.platialscience.net" moz-do-not-send="true">http://platial21.platialscience.net</a><br>
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<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
Dr René Westerholt <small>FRGS</small><br>
[Juniorprofessor]<br>
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TU Dortmund University<br>
Spatial Modelling Lab, Department of Spatial Planning<br>
August-Schmidt-Str. 10, 44227 Dortmund, Germany<br>
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[Voice] +49 (0)231 755 2287<br>
[Email] <a href="mailto:rene.westerholt@tu-dortmund.de" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">
rene.westerholt@tu-dortmund.de</a><br>
[Web (uni)] <a href="https://ram.raumplanung.tu-dortmund.de/" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">
https://ram.raumplanung.tu-dortmund.de/</a><br>
[Web (private)] <a href="https://www.westerholt-giscience.net" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">
https://www.westerholt-giscience.net</a></div>
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