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Using geographic information systems (GIS) for social science research

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Summary: Dr. Anthony Pickles, PhD, a British Academy postdoctoral fellow in Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, outlines why data can be a problem in anthropology, including approaching, col...

Dr. Anthony Pickles, PhD, a British Academy postdoctoral fellow in Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, outlines why data can be a problem in anthropology, including approaching, collecting, and organizing secondary source data with new technologies--such as, optical character recognition and related technologies, spreadsheets, and geographic information systems.