 A Five College GIS Day Presentation by Demography is an important aspect of many areas of the social sciences and humanities. Geographic Information Systems provide a tool to integrate location with statistical data to extract significant observations about people's lives.  In this seminar for experienced users of GIS, the speaker will address how he uses this technology to explore changing historical demography through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with a particular emphasis on infant mortality and changing geographical divides such as north-south and urban-rural.
Ian Gregory is the Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities at Lancaster University, UK. He is the chief architect of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project, and has written extensively on applications of GIS in history and demography, including A Place in History: A Guide to Using GIS in Historical Research. Wednesday, November 8, 2006, 10:30 AM Amherst College, Valentine Hall, Mullins/Faerber Rooms 72° 30' 56" W, 42° 22' 22" N: General directions and maps Free and open to the public. Follow the links in the menu on the left to explore the many dimensions of Five College GIS Day. |