Visualizing Economic Geographies Jon Swords [email protected] Jennifer Ferreria [email protected] Call for papers, posters and visualizations Visualization is on the rise. Beyond academia, actors in all realms of economic life are adopting visualizations to analyse their activity and communicate their conclusions. Within economic geography there is a long tradition of using maps, charts and diagrams in our work, but as more powerful software and hardware become available to analyse and visualise increasing amounts of data, there are new possibilities for how we collect, understand and disseminate information. At the same time, as concepts become more complex we face challenges to depict them in accessible ways. To fully realize the potential of visualizations we must also theorise their production and consumption. This is a opportunity for the sub-‐discipline to seize. There are four potential areas where visualization can make contributions to economic geography: in data collection, for analysis, for communication, and through theorizing visualization. We welcome contributions through papers and posters which address these themes directly, and through empirical research which adopts visualization techniques. Given the visual nature of work in this area we are also proposing an opportunity to display work during the conference as well as traditional paper sessions. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Topics might include, but are not limited to: The impact of visualization on data collection strategies Visualities in economic geography Methodological developments in visualization How technological innovations impact data visualization The role of algorithms in visualizing information ‘Big data’ and visualizations in economic geography Visualizing qualitative information How we might integrate data visualization into teaching Examples of how visualizations might be used to engage audiences beyond academia with economic geography Examples of how visualizations can generate greater research impact Theoretical engagement with data visualization How economic data visualizations (re)produce scoptic regimes Post-‐colonial understanding of the visual If you are interested in presenting a paper or poster on this theme please email Jon Swords ([email protected]) or Jennifer Ferreira ([email protected]) with an abstract up to 300 words by Monday 2nd March, 2015