{"id":1511092,"date":"2022-03-17T15:24:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T22:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1511092"},"modified":"2022-04-25T12:44:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T19:44:14","slug":"enhancing-qualitative-social-science-with-gis","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/enhancing-qualitative-social-science-with-gis","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing Qualitative Social Science with GIS"},"author":259872,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[],"industry":[],"product":[421922],"class_list":["post-1511092","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","product-arcgis"],"acf":{"short_description":"Learn how to leverage ArcGIS in your qualitative social science research. Find resources like case studies, demos, tools, and articles below.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1518412,"id":1518412,"title":"social science card","filename":"social-science-card.png","filesize":87666,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/social-science-card.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/enhancing-qualitative-social-science-with-gis\/social-science-card","alt":"","author":"259872","description":"","caption":"","name":"social-science-card","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1511092,"date":"2022-03-18 21:55:43","modified":"2022-03-18 21:55:43","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":824,"height":456,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/social-science-card-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/social-science-card.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":257,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/social-science-card.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":425,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/social-science-card.png","large-width":824,"large-height":456,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/social-science-card.png","1536x1536-width":824,"1536x1536-height":456,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/social-science-card.png","2048x2048-width":824,"2048x2048-height":456,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/social-science-card.png","card_image-width":824,"card_image-height":456,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/social-science-card.png","wide_image-width":824,"wide_image-height":456}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many people understand the power of GIS for quantitative research, but fewer know of its practical applications for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">qualitative<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> social science work. Qualitative data is non-numerical, descriptive, and unstructured. Examples of qualitative social science data <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">include things like open-text survey responses, ad hoc or unstructured feedback, user-defined attributes, field notes and reflections, interview recordings and transcripts, and photos and videos taken by researchers and participants. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this article, we\u2019ll describe three key resources you can use in your qualitative social science research to enhance your data and analysis. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1>1. The Enhancing Qualitative Social Science Research with GIS ArcGIS StoryMap<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1514762,"id":1514762,"title":"Screen Shot 2022-03-16 at 5.26.00 PM","filename":"Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-5.26.00-PM-scaled.png","filesize":1973089,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-5.26.00-PM-scaled.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/enhancing-qualitative-social-science-with-gis\/screen-shot-2022-03-16-at-5-26-00-pm","alt":"","author":"259872","description":"","caption":"Click the image to view the StoryMap.","name":"screen-shot-2022-03-16-at-5-26-00-pm","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1511092,"date":"2022-03-17 00:27:44","modified":"2022-03-23 17:03:09","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1388,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-5.26.00-PM-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-5.26.00-PM-scaled.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":252,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-5.26.00-PM-scaled.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":416,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-5.26.00-PM-scaled.png","large-width":1920,"large-height":1041,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-5.26.00-PM-1536x833.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":833,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-5.26.00-PM-2048x1110.png","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1110,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-5.26.00-PM-826x448.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":448,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-5.26.00-PM-1920x1041.png","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1041}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/280dece48ceb4af9af7bb510b53f28ee"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/280dece48ceb4af9af7bb510b53f28ee\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Enhancing Qualitative Social Science Research with GIS<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ArcGIS StoryMap serves as a guide for using Esri\u2019s technology to conduct qualitative social science research. The StoryMap begins by breaking down key differences between quantitative and qualitative research and emphasizes how qualitative research empowers study participants to convey their experiences in their own terms. For example, participatory sketch mapping allows study participants to contribute local knowledge of changes, boundaries, and perceptions in their community by annotating base maps.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1514512,"id":1514512,"title":"Screen Shot 2022-03-16 at 12.19.23 PM","filename":"Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-12.19.23-PM.png","filesize":157917,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-12.19.23-PM.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/enhancing-qualitative-social-science-with-gis\/screen-shot-2022-03-16-at-12-19-23-pm","alt":"Hands hold an iPad and stylus with a map of Hopkins Village, Belieze","author":"259872","description":"","caption":"In this image, participants in the National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates demonstrate boundary sketch mapping used to record local perceptions of flooding and sense of place in Hopkins Village, Belize. Click on the image to learn more. Image Courtesy of Lain Graham and Citizen Science GIS, NSF REU Field Site in Belize Grant Number #1560015.\n","name":"screen-shot-2022-03-16-at-12-19-23-pm","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1511092,"date":"2022-03-16 23:36:29","modified":"2022-03-21 20:58:13","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1297,"height":697,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-12.19.23-PM-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-12.19.23-PM.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":249,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-12.19.23-PM.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":413,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-12.19.23-PM.png","large-width":1297,"large-height":697,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-12.19.23-PM.png","1536x1536-width":1297,"1536x1536-height":697,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-12.19.23-PM.png","2048x2048-width":1297,"2048x2048-height":697,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-12.19.23-PM-826x444.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":444,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-12.19.23-PM.png","wide_image-width":1297,"wide_image-height":697}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/446979a7533b4c30886a2391c24c66fc"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The StoryMap also features<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/446979a7533b4c30886a2391c24c66fc\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">case examples<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/280dece48ceb4af9af7bb510b53f28ee\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tools<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/280dece48ceb4af9af7bb510b53f28ee\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, to show researchers how to use qualitative GIS in social sciences studies.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left\">2. Enhancing Qualitative Social Science with GIS Technical Workshop<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Enhancing Qualitative Social Science with GIS\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nd_W9CNgrrA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This workshop presented at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/proceedings.esri.com\/library\/userconf\/proc21\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2021 Esri User Conference<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> showcased how<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/about\/science\/initiatives\/social-science\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ArcGIS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> products can be used for data capture, coding, and workflow analysis. The presentation reveals various methodologies researchers from diverse disciplines use to combine qualitative data with spatial data. It also includes demonstrations of Esri technology for text analysis (especially on unstructured data), participatory research, integrating qualitative and imagery data, sketch mapping, and multimedia narrative storytelling.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1514542,"id":1514542,"title":"Screen Shot 2022-03-16 at 1.56.03 PM","filename":"Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-1.56.03-PM-scaled.png","filesize":1409251,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-1.56.03-PM-scaled.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/enhancing-qualitative-social-science-with-gis\/screen-shot-2022-03-16-at-1-56-03-pm","alt":"3 headshots of presenters at the Enhancing Qualitative Social Science with GIS Technical Workshop","author":"259872","description":"","caption":"The presenters in the Enhancing Qualitative Social Science with GIS technical workshop. Notice the diverse range of disciplines to showcase the usefulness of qualitative GIS.","name":"screen-shot-2022-03-16-at-1-56-03-pm","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1511092,"date":"2022-03-16 23:37:13","modified":"2022-03-18 21:41:21","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1154,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-1.56.03-PM-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-1.56.03-PM-scaled.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":209,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-1.56.03-PM-scaled.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":346,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-1.56.03-PM-scaled.png","large-width":1920,"large-height":866,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-1.56.03-PM-1536x692.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":692,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-1.56.03-PM-2048x923.png","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":923,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-1.56.03-PM-826x372.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":372,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-1.56.03-PM-1920x866.png","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":866}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nd_W9CNgrrA"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhile qualitative and GIS methodologies have often been seen as at odds with one another, over the last decade or so, that perception has changed.\u201d Said Kyle Jones, PhD, UX Researcher Lead at Esri.\u201cResearchers and practitioners across various fields have sought out new ways to understand the importance of space and place and are interested in utilizing new technologies to do so.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"quote","author_name":"Kyle Jones PhD","author_profession_organization":"UX Research Lead, Esri","image":{"ID":1514802,"id":1514802,"title":"Kyle 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and practitioners across various fields have sought out new ways to understand the importance of space and place and are interested in utilizing new technologies to do so.\u201d\r\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Presenter Lakiesha Coleman, a Solution Engineer at Esri, used ArcGIS StoryMaps Express Maps for her recent study, \u201cNavigating Food Deserts: A Geo-Ethnography of Atlanta Residents\u2019 Experiences, Routines, and Perceptions\u201d.\u00a0 With the aim of eliminating food deserts, Coleman wanted to understand why Atlanta locals traveled to certain grocery stores in their community. She asked participants to add their home, work, and primary grocery store as points to a map of their neighborhood. Once completed, Coleman added the precise locations, allowing her to compare the participants&#8217; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">perceived<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> geography with the neighborhood&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">actual <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">geography. By allowing participants to show her what they understood about their own location, Coleman avoided making assumptions about their spatial understanding. \u201cAdding a qualitative element to my quantitative data, allowed me to gain a more comprehensive understanding of my study,\u201d explained Coleman<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1514562,"id":1514562,"title":"Screen Shot 2022-03-16 at 4.45.15 PM","filename":"Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-4.45.15-PM.png","filesize":548416,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-16-at-4.45.15-PM.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/enhancing-qualitative-social-science-with-gis\/screen-shot-2022-03-16-at-4-45-15-pm","alt":"Map of Atlanta neighborhood participant\u2019s perceived store location (blue pin) and home location (black pin), alongside there actual home location (black dot) and local grocery stores (green 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