L’involution géographique : des données géosociales aux algorithmes
Geolocated data shared on the social web arouse geographers’ interest. While some of them advocate their potential for academic research, others remain less enthusiastic. I argue here that the benefits from the analyses of such data are poor, nay absent ; if Space is considered not just as a simple...
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| Language: | English |
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Netcom Association
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Netcom |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/netcom/2545 |
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| Summary: | Geolocated data shared on the social web arouse geographers’ interest. While some of them advocate their potential for academic research, others remain less enthusiastic. I argue here that the benefits from the analyses of such data are poor, nay absent ; if Space is considered not just as a simple extent, but as a meaningful content of social interactions. In particular, I put forward three arguments to support this position : « geosocial » « data » are (1) manufactured by profit organizations, (2) contextless and consequently (3) exclusively interpretable in terms of location. |
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| ISSN: | 0987-6014 2431-210X |