SY009
Critical Remote Sensing
Session ID#: 159493
Session Description:
Critical remote sensing is the reflexive questioning of remote sensing as a science, technique, and art. It demands that remote sensing scientists consider how their own individual, social, and political contexts affect the research they are doing, implicitly or explicitly. Critical remote sensing calls for research which exposes social and environmental injustices and inequities, acknowledges the importance of engaging with local communities and their forms of knowledge, and seeks to empower marginalized people with the tools to do remote sensing themselves.
This session calls for research proposals that either critically practice or critically examine the practice, implementation and interpretation of remote sensing. We welcome abstracts including but not limited to: critiques of financing of the satellite industry or its entanglements with hegemony, the limits or subjectivity of remote sensing science, or demonstrations of ways to expose injustice, engage local communities, or empower marginalized groups. We also invite geospatial and earth system scientists to reflect on their own work and the politics and ethics involved.
Co-Organized:
Index Terms:
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]
1930 Data and information governance [INFORMATICS]
6349 General or miscellaneous [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
6969 Remote sensing [RADIO SCIENCE]
Primary Convener: Beth Tellman, University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development and Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States and Colin Gleason
Conveners: Hannah Friedrich, University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development and Environment, Tucson, United States, Ufuoma Ovienmhada, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, Mia Bennett, University of Washington, Department of Geography, Seattle, United States, Colin J Gleason, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, MA, United States and Colin Gleason
Best practices for drone remote sensing research: A critical perspective (1050565)
Adam Mathews, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, Kunwar K. Singh, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, United States, Anthony R. Cummings, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, United States and Stephanie Rogers, Auburn University, Department of Geosciences, Auburn, United States
A Systematic and Semi-Critical Review of Land-Cover/Land-Use Change Modeling in the African Context (1122697)
Jessica L McCarty1, Walid Ouaret1, Rahayu B Adzhar1, Maryam Zamanialaei1, Naaborle Sackeyfio2, Corena Pincham2, Stephanie Lubanovic2, Billy Somers2, Armando Cabrera2 and John K Maingi3, (1)Geospatial Analysis Center, Department of Geography, Miami University, Oxford, United States, (2)Miami University Oxford, Oxford, United States, (3)Miami University Oxford, Geography, Oxford, United States
Selling the View from Above: Remote Sensing, Commercialization, and the new Satellite Ecosystem (1123604)
Janice K Chen, University of Oregon, Geography, Eugene, United States, Meghan Kelly, Durham University, Geography, Durham, UK, United Kingdom and Luis Felipe Alvarez Leon, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States
Barriers and Supports for Underrepresented Identities in Earth Observation: A Focus on Identity-based Professional Organizations (1128283)
Sarah Schenkein, U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, United States, Morgan A. Crowley, Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada, Kate C. Fickas, USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, United States, Diamond E. Holloman, U.S. Geological Survey, Horizon City, United States, Anna C Levine, U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins, United States and Crista Straub, USGS, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, United States
Environmental Justice Considerations for Remote Sensing Approaches: Calculating Heating Loads in Alaska through Geospatial and Machine Learning Techniques (1182226)
Philippe Schicker1, Shamsi Soltani2, Madelyn Gaumer3, Vidisha Chowdhury1, Nicholas Bolten4 and Erin Trochim5, (1)Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States, (2)Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States, (3)Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, United States, (4)Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, United States, (5)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Collaborative Development and Evaluation of Remote Sensing Analyses to Support Decision Making Regarding Coastal Resilience in Pekalongan, Indonesia (1184840)
Seamus Lombardo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA, United States, Muhammad Helmi, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia, Afreen Siddiqi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, United States and Olivier L de Weck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
