2004 UC Proceedings Abstract

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Human Rights AWhereness: GIS and Human Rights Campaigns
Track: Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Affairs
Author(s): Brad Howard

Human rights campaigns in the United States must find ways to address the relatively low level of geographic literacy if they hope to raise awareness (awhereness)of a broader audience. The results of the Roper Global Geographic Literacy Survey demonstrate GIS has a role in illustrating several aspects of international human rights abuses: for example, where they occur, where they are tied to ethnic conflict, and where they are tolerated because of U.S. geopolitical concerns. This paper will illustrate the role of GIS in promoting human rights using examples of specific human rights violations around the world.

Brad Howard
Shenandoah University
Mass Communication
1460 University Drive
Winchester , VA 22601
US
Phone: (540) 665-3494
E-mail: bhoward@su.edu