AAG 2012 CFP Sponsorship:
Call for
Participation
Sessions:
Cognition, Behavior, and Representation
Organizers:
International Cartographic Association Commission on Cognition, Amy Griffin
(University of New South Wales), Kirk Goldsberry (Harvard University), Sarah
Battersby (University of South Carolina), Sara Irina Fabrikant (University of
Zurich), and Scott Bell (University of Saskatchewan).
Specialty
Group Sponsors: Cartography,
GIS, and Environmental
Perception
and Behavioral Geography
Content
We invite
papers on cognitive aspects of geographic research to be included in a series of
sessions at the 2012 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in New
York City. Specifically of interest are theoretical and empirical contributions
exploring computation, geovisualization, navigation and wayfinding, cartography,
education, and methods specific to cognitive research. Cognitive topics related
to mobile computing and geography are also welcome; this includes mobile
mapping, navigation, positioning technology, and data collection with mobile
devices.
Topics
for these sessions include (but are not limited too):
~
geovisualization design, implementation, and use (technical and/or cognitive
issues)
~ application
of geovisualization displays & tools to understanding spatial cognition
~ methods for
and application of cognitive theories and methods to understanding issues in
geographic research (including fMRI)
~ human-geovisualization
interaction research
~ cognition
of space-time representations
~ wayfinding
and navigation
~ cognitive
map design research
~ usability
of digital geographic displays
This year, in
addition to standard paper sessions, we will hold an interactive short paper
session directed to identifying and discussing the most important research
challenges for cognitive aspects of GIScience research. We specifically
encourage faculty to contribute to this session, but also welcome contributions
from students.
An
interactive short paper session is comprised of 10 presentations of five minutes
each, with the remainder of the session directed to discussion. We will ask all
presenters to bring not more than one slide (you may also choose not to
use any slides) on a memory stick to avoid the need for changing computers
within a short time frame. We encourage you to identify and focus on only ONE
challenge that you think is critical to advancing our understanding in this
field.
Participants
In addition
to geographers, GIScientists, cartographers, and cognitive or behavioral
geographers we are also looking for speakers from a broad range of disciplines,
including but not limited to psychology, cognitive science, education, HCI, etc.
To be
included in this session, please:
1. Register
and submit your abstract online following the AAG
Guidelines (http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/).
2. Email your
presenter identification number (PIN), paper title, and abstract to Amy Griffin
(a.griffin@adfa.edu.au)
by September 21, 2011. Please indicate to me if your presentation is intended
for the interactive short paper session OR the standard paper session.
Dr. Amy Griffin
Senior Lecturer
School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical
Sciences
University of New South Wales @ ADFA
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia