From rene.westerholt at tu-dortmund.de Mon Feb 16 16:00:23 2026 From: rene.westerholt at tu-dortmund.de (=?UTF-8?Q?Westerholt=2C_Ren=C3=A9?=) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:00:23 +0100 Subject: [GeoIT.org] CfP: PLATIAL'26 Symposium on Platial Information Science In-Reply-To: <73e43bee-f702-404d-a50d-1aefdc53f24b@tu-dortmund.de> References: <73e43bee-f702-404d-a50d-1aefdc53f24b@tu-dortmund.de> Message-ID: <28cddffd-ec93-42fc-8edb-016ae5ce042e@tu-dortmund.de> Dear All, We are delighted to invite you to the Fifth International PLATIAL'26 Symposium, which will take place in Salzburg, Austria, on 16?18 September 2026! 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 September! 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. ========================================================================= # PLATIAL'26 Symposium on Platial Information Science Motto: Platial information practices between idealization, cliché, and        stigmatization 16?18 September 2026 Salzburg, Austria Short Papers (3?5 pages) Mini Workshops (1?2-hours each) Submission Deadline: 29 May 2026 Confirmed keynotes by Alice Butler-Warke and Andrea Ballatore (see below for details) https://platial26.platialscience.net ========================================================================= # PLATIAL'26 Symposium on Platial Information Science Places can be experienced and conceptualized in very different ways. Personal preferences and behavioural patterns, recurring misunderstandings, and varying influences from institutionalized interests are only some of the reasons for this variation. Not only exist significant differences between places but also in how they are represented. Places are commonly idealized to attract tourists, films frequently reimagine places, faraway places are subject to becoming clichés, and social hotspots are often stigmatized. Salzburg ? where PLATIAL'26 will take place ? is a prime example of such a place. Loved by tourists, experienced as a place of everyday living and working, and having been subject to an eventful history, Salzburg is often portrayed as a cliché in North American films and idealized in tourist guides due to its Alpine location. Such distortions are not exceptions but the rule when it comes to the communication of place. PLATIAL'26 invites researchers from a wide range of disciplines to explore the various facets inherent to place and platial information. Among other aspects (see below), our chosen theme particularly invites submissions on differences in place perception, forms of place representation in media and art, and ways in which such representations can be unintentionally or deliberately distorted. Submitted research may concern both fundamental, theoretical considerations as well as methodological advances and practical examples. Additional to this year's theme, we welcome submissions on the following topics: * Which approaches of place representation exist in different fields,   and how can these be integrated? * What are suitable strategies for addressing subjectivity in platial   information? * In what ways can platial information theories accommodate the   complexity of places? * How can we account for dynamics, change, and fluidity in platial   information? * What is the role of scale in platial information? * In which ways can places be visualized, or conveyed in other forms? * In what ways could platial information inform future applications and   technologies, such as question answering systems, scenario-based   planning, and virtual/augmented reality? * Which novel perspectives could a platial lens enable in geographical   information science, geography, the (non)digital humanities,   philosophy, planning, and cognate fields? Further topics that fit the overall scope of the symposium are welcome. ## IMPORTANT DATES 29 May 2026           Submission deadline for both short papers and                       mini workshops 16?18 September 2026  PLATIAL'26 Symposium ## VENUE University of Salzburg, Austria ## 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'26 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:   https://platialscience.net/overleaf26 Submission of your paper (i.e., the PDF) should be done via EasyChair:   https://platialscience.net/submission26 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:   https://platialscience.net/word26 Please note, however, that this format entails a higher downstream (unpaid) editorial effort for both authors and organizers, as ultimately all contributions are to appear in a single collected volume. Submissions using our LaTeX template are therefore strongly encouraged. ### MINI WORKSHOPS PLATIAL'26 offers the innovative format of mini workshops. Being concise and to the point, these will allow peers to discuss specialized 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, organized, 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 mail at platialscience.net by 29 May. You may want to get in touch with the organizers 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: https://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial23 https://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial21 https://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial19 https://platialscience.net/proceedings-of-platial18 ## HOW TO REGISTER? Please find information on the registration procedure as well as further information about the event online:   https://platial26.platialscience.net ## KEYNOTES Title to be announced Alice Butler-Warke  (University of Reading, UK) Title to be announced Andrea Ballatore  (King's College London, UK) ## PROGRAMME COMMITTEE The programme committee will be announced at a later date. ## FOLLOW US LinkedIn:  @PLATIAL'X Bluesky:   @platialx.bsky.social Mastodon:  @platial_x at mastodon.social ## SYMPOSIUM CONVENORS Franz-Benjamin Mocnik University of Salzburg, Austria franz-benjamin.mocnik at plus.ac.at René Westerholt TU Dortmund University, Germany rene.westerholt at tu-dortmund.de Do not hesitate to post your questions to mail at platialscience.net. https://platial26.platialscience.net -- Prof. René Westerholt TU Dortmund University Spatial Modelling Lab, Department of Spatial Planning August-Schmidt-Str. 10, 44227 Dortmund, Germany [Voice] +49 (0)231 755 2287 [Email] rene.westerholt at tu-dortmund.de [Web (uni)] https://ram.raumplanung.tu-dortmund.de [Web (private)] https://www.westerholt-giscience.net -------------- nächster Teil -------------- Ein Dateianhang mit Binärdaten wurde abgetrennt... 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