[GeoIT.org] CfP: PLATIAL'21 Symposium on Platial Information Science

Di Jun 22 19:48:54 CEST 2021

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to the Third International PLATIAL'21
Symposium, which will take place online on 15–17 December 2021 (hosted by
the University of Twente, the Netherlands)! The event aims to put forward
the notion of place in geographical information science. We accept short
paper submissions, which will be published with separate DOIs online in
high-quality proceedings. In addition, we are encouraging submitting
proposals for 1–2-hours mini workshops.

We are looking forward to your submissions, and to exciting discussions
in December!

Best wishes,
Franz-Benjamin Mocnik and René Westerholt

PS: Please spread the word to your personal networks and forward this
call to anyone for whom it might be interesting and relevant.

PPS: Last year we had to cancel the event due to COVID but are glad to
catch up on it this year.

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# PLATIAL'21 Symposium on Platial Information Science

Motto: Places across cultures

15–17 December 2021, online
Hosted by the University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands

Short Papers (3–5 pages)
Mini Workshops (1–2-hours each)
Submission Deadline: 14 October 2021

Keynotes by Bill Palmer and Peter-Paul Verbeek (see below for details)

http://platial21.platialscience.net

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# PLATIAL'21 Symposium on Platial Information Science

People “live” and constitute places every day through recurrent practices
and experience. Both agency and experience are rooted in cultural
embeddings that vary across different world regions. The complexity this
entails requires researchers to investigate the concept of place through
a variety of cultural lenses. The formal representation of place in
GIScience is no exception and can only be successfully addressed if we
consider geographical, psychological, linguistical, sociological,
cognitive, and other perspectives taking account of cultural
specificities.

How can we represent not only place but also its cultural aspects? How
can we be more inclusive when conceptualising place to also include
marginalised communities? Is it even possible to find structures of place
that extend beyond cultural anchoring? These and other related questions
will be addressed at PLATIAL'21 and have led us to this year's motto
“Places across cultures”. We hope to bring together place-based
researchers from different disciplines to discuss the current state of
theoretical and applied platial research.

We welcome submissions of papers on the following topics:

* Which approaches of place representation exist in various disciplines?
* How can existing theoretical approaches of platial representation from
   different disciplines be integrated towards a unified notion of place?
* How can we move forward the integration of platial information with
   GIS?
* What are suitable strategies for addressing the subjectivity inherent
   to platial information?
* What roles should uncertainty and fuzziness play in platial theories?
* In which ways can places be visualised, in particular at multiple
   scales?
* How can we demonstrate the practical usefulness of place-based
   information by means of examples and in comparison to spatial
   information?
* (Further topics are welcome if they fit the overall theme of this
   symposium.)

## IMPORTANT DATES

14 October 2021       Submission deadline for both short papers and
                       mini workshops
15–17 December 2021   PLATIAL'21 Symposium

## VENUE

Online / hosted by the University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands

## HOW TO CONTRIBUTE

We are seeking high-quality contributions on the topics proposed. For
this, we offer two different formats: compact mini workshops possibly
accompanied by citable, joint recap papers; and short papers that will
be orally presented in the regular track of the symposium.

### SHORT PAPERS

Regular short papers submitted to PLATIAL'21 should not exceed 3–5 pages,
including abstract, ﬁgures, and references. Your papers should be
prepared in adherence to the guidelines found in the Overleaf template:
   http://platialscience.net/overleaf21
Submission of your paper (i.e., the PDF) should be done via EasyChair:
   http://platialscience.net/easychair21
We will only approach you upon paper acceptance to ask for submission of
all finalized files (including the compiled PDF, LaTeX source files,
figures). All submissions will be reviewed double-blind by at least two
members of the programme committee. Therefore, please prepare your
documents in anonymized form (see instructions given in the template and
on the submissions page on the PLATIAL website). Submissions prepared
using a Microsoft Word-based template are also possible:
   http://platialscience.net/word21
Please note, however, that this format entails a higher downstream
(unpaid) editorial effort for both authors and organisers, as ultimately
all contributions are to appear in a single collected volume. Submissions
using our LaTeX template are therefore strongly encouraged.

### MINI WORKSHOPS

PLATIAL'21 offers the innovative format of mini workshops. Being concise
and focused, these will allow peers to discuss specialised cutting-edge
topics in a laid-back, intimate atmosphere. The idea is to have 1–2-hours
sessions dedicated to specific platial topics. These sessions will be
prepared, organised, and conducted by the workshop convenors who proposed
the respective sessions. The format can be chosen freely and purposefully
to allow for fruitful and creative interaction. For each mini workshop,
the results achieved will ideally then lead to a joint paper of all
attendees that will be given a suitable deadline for submission after the
event. These contributions will undergo the same rigorous peer review by
members of the programme committee as regular short papers. If you are
interested in proposing a mini workshop on your topic of choice, please
submit an informal one-page proposal in PDF format to
platial21 at platialscience.net by 14 October. You may want to get in touch
with the organisers prior to submission in case of any questions about
topics you want to propose. We especially encourage early-career
researchers to take this opportunity to discuss their ongoing research.

### LONG-TERM CITABILITY

We value your contributions! Therefore, your work should be visible and
sustainably citable long-term after the symposium. All short paper
contributions will be published online with individual DOIs as ZENODO
Symposium Proceedings, an outlet funded by the European Commission to
support publication of high-quality proceedings.

Please find the proceedings of the previous PLATIAL events here:
http://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial19
http://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial18

## HOW TO REGISTER?

We will soon provide information about the registration procedure as well
as further information about the event in general online:
http://platial21.platialscience.net

## PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

* Dirk Burghardt  (TU Dresden, Germany)
* Alexis Comber  (University of Leeds, UK)
* Ekaterina Egorova  (University of Twente, the Netherlands)
* Susanne Frank  (TU Dortmund University, Germany)
* Michael F Goodchild  (University of California Santa Barbara, US)
* Menno-Jan Kraak  (University of Twente, the Netherlands)
* Agnieszka Leszczynski  (Western University, Canada)
* Grant McKenzie  (McGill University, Canada)
* Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi  (Université Laval, Canada)
* Bill Palmer  (University of Newcastle, Australia)
* Alenka Poplin  (Iowa State University, US)
* Ross Purves  (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
* Simon Scheider  (Utrecht University, the Netherlands)
* Sophie Schramm  (TU Dortmund University, Germany)
* Kathleen Stewart  (University of Maryland, US)
* Thora Tenbrink  (Bangor University, UK)
* Nigel Thrift  (University of Oxford, UK)
* Peter-Paul Verbeek  (University of Twente, the Netherlands)
* Louise Willemen  (University of Twente, the Netherlands)
* Stephan Winter  (University of Melbourne, Australia)

## KEYNOTES

The Role of Sociotopographic Place in Conceptual Representations of Space
Bill Palmer  (University of Newcastle, Australia)

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Peter-Paul Verbeek  (University of Twente, the Netherlands)

A possible third keynote may be announced soon.

## SYMPOSIUM CONVENORS

Franz-Benjamin Mocnik
ITC, University of Twente, the Netherlands
franz-benjamin.mocnik at utwente.nl

René Westerholt
School of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Germany
rene.westerholt at tu-dortmund.de

Do not hesitate to post your questions to platial21 at platialscience.net.

http://platial21.platialscience.net

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