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The spatial transcript: analysing mobilities through qualitative GIS
Author(s) -
Jones Phil,
Evans James
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2011.01058.x
Subject(s) - mobilities , data science , context (archaeology) , visualization , space (punctuation) , qualitative research , sociology , computer science , order (exchange) , process (computing) , spatial analysis , spatial contextual awareness , data mining , geography , social science , artificial intelligence , remote sensing , archaeology , operating system , finance , economics
This paper identifies a failure by mobilities scholars to engage with the methodological and analytical possibilities offered by qualitative GIS. We argue this represents a missed opportunity and present the spatial transcript, a technique we have developed in order to address this shortcoming. Qualitative GIS seeks to find ways to analyse how space shapes data, offering a useful way in to investigating the mobile body. The spatial transcript allows researchers to engage in a process of grounded visualisation in order to analyse interview data in the context of the location in which it was gathered. We conclude that this technique offers valuable insights into the ways that space and mobilities are co‐constructed.