Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4)

Winter 2012 Institute

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Winter 2012 Institute

S4 Winter 2012 GIS Institute

Winter 2012 Group PhotoWorkshop Presentation Program

Institute participants presented their project results on January 20, 2012.

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Schedule

Meeting locations are indicated in parentheses.  PSTC is the seminar room on the 2nd floor of the Population Studies and Training Center.  CIT is a computer lab (Room 265) in the Watson CIT building.

Monday, January 9th, 2012

  • 9:30-10:00       Welcome, an introduction to the Institute, and an overview of spatial approaches to research, John Logan & Rachel Franklin, S4 (PSTC)
  • 10:00-10:45     Space: Questions and Tools, Rachel Franklin, S4 (PSTC)
  • 10:45-11:00     Break
  • 11:00-12:00     Spatial Analysis and Inequality: An Overview, Diana Graizbord, Sociology (PSTC)
  • 12:00-1:00       Lunch
  • 1:00-3:45         Introduction to ArcGIS, Rachel Franklin, S4 (CIT)
  • 4:00-5:00         Reception and presentation with S4 Fellows, Diana Graizbord and Marcelo Bohrt Seeghers, Sociology (PSTC)

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

  • 9:30-10:30       Introduction to Cartography, Rachel Franklin (CIT)
  • 10:30-10:45     Break
  • 10:45-12:00     Cartography Tutorial, Rachel Franklin (CIT)
  • 12:00-1:00       Lunch
  • 1:00-3:50         Queries and Joins in ArcGIS Lecture and Tutorial, Rachel Franklin (CIT)
  • 4:00-5:00         Reception and faculty presentation with Andrew Foster, Economics (PSTC)

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

  • 9:30-10:45       Introduction to Geocoding and Point Pattern Analysis, Rachel Franklin (CIT)
  • 10:45-11:00     Break
  • 11:00-12:00     Primary Data Collection, Lynn Carlson, EARTHLAB (CIT)
  • 12:00-1:00       Lunch
  • 1:00-3:50         Raster Data and Map Algebra, Lynn Carlson, EARTHLAB (CIT)
  • 4:00-5:00         Reception and faculty presentation with Leah VanWey, Sociology (PSTC)

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

  • 9:30-12:00       Introduction to Spatial Analysis, Rachel Franklin (CIT)
  • 12:00-1:00       Lunch
  • 1:00-3:45         Introduction to Spatial Statistics and GeoDa, Rachel Franklin (CIT)  
  • 4:00-5:00         Reception and faculty presentation with John Logan, Sociology (PSTC)

Friday, January 13th, 2012

  • 9:30-11:30       Working with Administrative Data (e.g. IPUMS, U.S. Census), Rachel Franklin (CIT)
  • 11:30-12:00     Question and Answer Period

Monday, January 16th, 2012

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day     Independent Project Work Day

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

  • 9:30-10:00       Visit S4, Maxcy Hall 3rd Floor (Meet in front of Maxcy at 9:30)
  • 10:15-11:00     Spatial Data Sources, Rachel Franklin (PSTC)
  • 11:00-1:00       Lunch and Faculty research presentation with Patrick Heller, Watson Institute (PSTC)
  • 1:00                 Project Work and Consultation with S4 Faculty & Staff

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

  • Project Work and Consultation with S4 Faculty & Staff

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

  • Project Work

Friday, January 20th, 2012

  • 9:00-4:00         S4 GIS Institute Conference (PSTC)