Hi all, While this may not seem immediately appropriate, this meeting is *very much *meant to appeal to a diverse set of scholars studying related topics in interesting ways. Please feel encouraged to apply! Best, Jim Revisiting Critical GIS The rapid development and dissemination of digital geospatial technologies, datasets, and practices raise questions about how various arguments of 'critical GIS' remain as relevant as ever, require rejuvenation, or have run their course. Drawing in part on such developments, but also on enthusiasm for the digital humanities and on new materialist and even speculative realist currents of thought within social and cultural theory, the prospects for a renewed engagement between critical human and quantitative geographies appears more hopeful today than they have for some time (Barnes 2009). This forum provides a venue within which participants can think through these and other issues collaboratively, emerging with fresh ideas and perspectives to bring to research and teaching. To this end, the 2+ day format will blend pre-planned and collaboratively organized sessions. Four sessions have been organized around broad themes that touch upon recent discussions in the cognate literatures. Each participant will be associated with one of these planned sessions and will co-organize its content and format with others. Additionally, there are three periods scheduled for collaboratively formed sessions (collective or break-out) that emerge from the discussions at the conference. The event will be held from later on Friday, October 17th to the morning of Monday, October 20th at the University of Washington’s Friday Harbor Laboratories on San Juan Island <https://depts.washington.edu/fhl/>. Day 0 (Friday) Afternoon / evening arrivals, welcome event Dinner Note: Ferry/flight schedules tend to be such that one needs to arrive at this time in order to be present for the critical first sessions in the morning. Day 1 (Saturday) Breakfast Session 1: Getting to know one another: who we are, why we’re here, and what we want to do Session 2: The story so far: critical GIS, GIScience, and 'not only... but also' Lunch Session 3: Hybrids: Critical Quantification and Digital Humanities Session 4: Collaborative session I (Collective or break-out) Dinner Collaboration and creativity Day 2 (Sunday) Breakfast Session 5: Corporatization of spatial information and our response Session 6: What tools? What theory? Lunch Session 7: Collaborative session II (Collective or break-out) Session 8: Collaborative session III (Collective or break-out) Dinner Collaboration and creativity Day 3 (Monday) Breakfast Session 9: Concluding Session: Paths Forward Departure Given the nature of this event, the number of participants will be limited to fewer than thirty, with a firm aim towards inclusivity (including, but not limited to academic seniority; students, early career faculty, and #alt-ac are strongly encouraged to participate). Would-be participants should submit a short prospectus (300 word maximum). The prospectus should address what the participant hopes to do at the gathering and muse about what s/he hopes might emerge in the time beyond--a forward-looking aspirational piece, rather than a description of previous works. Prospectuses are due August 1, 2014 and successful applicants will be informed by September 1, 2014. Please submit your prospectus via email to revisitingcritgis@gmail.com. The cost of attendance is estimated to be approximately $345 for faculty and $225 for students, meals and shared accommodations included. Confirmation of costs will be provided at time of acceptance. Limited support may be available to assist graduate student attendance. Please apply and we will try to make a solution work. Organizing Committee Luke Bergmann, University of Washington Jim Thatcher, University of Washington - Tacoma David O’Sullivan, University of California - Berkeley Jeremy Crampton, University of Kentucky Sarah Elwood, University of Washington Reuben Rose-Redwood, University of Victoria Nadine Schuurman, Simon Fraser Matt Wilson, University of Kentucky References Barnes TJ. 2009. Not Only... But Also: Critical and Quantitative Geography. The Professional Geographer 61, 1442-54.