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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hello Suchith,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I think that the 2022 AutoCarto International Conference will be the adequate occasion for discussions supporting your article.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>“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.”</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="https://cartogis.org/autocarto/autocarto-2022/">https://cartogis.org/autocarto/autocarto-2022/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>By the way, in the footer of your eMail you write “This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Do you mind if we send your support request to other mailing lists?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Best greetings<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Horst<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Von:</span></b><span lang=DE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> CODATA-international [mailto:codata-international-bounces@lists.codata.org] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Suchith Anand<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Dienstag, 26. Juli 2022 18:51<br><b>An:</b> CODATA International <codata-international@lists.codata.org><br><b>Betreff:</b> [CODATA-international] GIS Education<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>Dear colleagues</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>I am now writing an article on GIS Education and I will appreciate your advice and guidance.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>Is it ethical for GIS Vendors (Vendor X or Y , it doesn’t matter) <span class=xapple-converted-space> </span>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?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>If any Vendor is “sponsoring”<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span>Scientific conferences or education initiatives ("free" licences etc) in return for promoting the vendor products/brand as “the Science” in the conference website etc ,<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span>what is its impact for the discipline? Is it ethical?<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span>If so,<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span>what happens when then the vendors can use this framework “sponsorship “ model for promoting their product/brand as “The Science”<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span>and advance the vendor Education agenda to the student and user communities ? Are there any guidelines on vendor lobbying in GIS Education initiatives?</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span class=xapple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>What is the ethical impact of this for the discipline as a whole? <span class=xapple-converted-space> </span>What is the impact of this for Humanity?<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>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)? <span class=xapple-converted-space> </span>Can academics and researchers publish articles on GIS education promoting the vendor products (either directly or indirectly)?<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>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 ? <span class=xapple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>I will appreciate your advice and guidance. Please send your reply to </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#DCA10D'>Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'> <span class=xapple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>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.<span class=xapple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>More details at </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><a href="https://datavaluesdigest.substack.com/p/how-digital-feudalism-hurts-farmers"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>https://datavaluesdigest.substack.com/p/how-digital-feudalism-hurts-farmers</span></a></span><span class=xapple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#DCA10D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>Best wishes</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>Suchith</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>Dr Suchith Anand</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'>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</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='min-height:15.0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#DCA10D'><a href="https://council.science/profile/suchith-anand/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>https://council.science/profile/suchith-anand/</span></a></span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#DCA10D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#DCA10D'><a href="https://www.rd-alliance.org/users/suchith-anand"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>https://www.rd-alliance.org/users/suchith-anand</span></a></span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#DCA10D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>and may contain confidential information. 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