[CODATA-international] GIS Education

[Horst Kremers]

Hello Suchith,

 

I think that the 2022 AutoCarto International Conference will be the
adequate occasion for discussions supporting your article.

 

"AutoCarto 2022 brings attention to the ethical responsibilities we face in
all aspects of our practice, provides a forum for discussion on the power of
maps and spatial analyses, and highlights opportunities for discussions of
integrity, inclusion, and empathy in cartography and GIScience."

 

https://cartogis.org/autocarto/autocarto-2022/

 

 

By the way, in the footer of your eMail you write "This message and any
attachment are intended solely for the addressee"

Do you mind if we send your support request to other mailing lists?

 

Best greetings

 

Horst

 

 

 

 

Von: CODATA-international
[mailto:codata-international-bounces at lists.codata.org] Im Auftrag von
Suchith Anand
Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. Juli 2022 18:51
An: CODATA International <codata-international at lists.codata.org>
Betreff: [CODATA-international] GIS Education

 

 

 

Dear colleagues

 

I am now writing an article on GIS Education and I will appreciate your
advice and guidance.

 

Is it ethical for GIS Vendors (Vendor X or Y , it doesn't matter)   to
trademark/sales/market their products/brand/services as "the science"? It
might be a profit /sales/marketing strategy for the vendors to help increase
market share for their products, add more credibility for their
brand/products/services etc . But what will be the affects for the
credibility of science and scientific community in the future?

 

 

If any Vendor is "sponsoring"  Scientific conferences or education
initiatives ("free" licences etc) in return for promoting the vendor
products/brand as "the Science" in the conference website etc ,  what is its
impact for the discipline? Is it ethical?  If so,  what happens when then
the vendors can use this framework "sponsorship " model for promoting their
product/brand as "The Science"  and advance the vendor Education agenda to
the student and user communities ? Are there any guidelines on vendor
lobbying in GIS Education initiatives?

 What is the ethical impact of this for the discipline as a whole?   What is
the impact of this for Humanity? 

 

Are there university policies and code of conduct to follow if any
academics/researchers are funded by any vendor (for example, through GIS
vendor funded faculty posts , research funding by any GIS vendors)?   Can
academics and researchers publish articles on GIS education promoting the
vendor products (either directly or indirectly)? 

 

I am interested to learn more on what policies and curriculum are
universities, educators adopting to reduce Digital Feudalism in GIS
education? Do your courses cover topics on data rights, digital citizenship
?  

 

 

I will appreciate your advice and guidance. Please send your reply to
<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk  

 

You might be interested in the Data Values article that myself and Kathryn
Bailey wrote , which looks into the Ethics of Digital Feudalism in Earth
Observation (EO) data. I thank the Global Partnership for Sustainable
Development Data (GPSDD) and Data Values initiative for inviting us to write
this article. 

 

More details at
<https://datavaluesdigest.substack.com/p/how-digital-feudalism-hurts-farmers
>
https://datavaluesdigest.substack.com/p/how-digital-feudalism-hurts-farmers 

 

 

 

Best wishes

 

Suchith

 

 

Dr Suchith Anand

Senior Adviser to Governments and International Organisations | Scientist |
Board member | Governance | Policy | Consultant in Data Science and Data
Ethics | Global Citizen | SDG Volunteer and Advocate

 

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