Nicolosi Emily, Medina Richard, Riley Collin, McNeally Phoebe
Department of Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.
DIGIT lab., Department of Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.
Digit Geogr Soc. 2020;1:100003. doi: 10.1016/j.diggeo.2020.100003. Epub 2020 Aug 22.
Gaps in hate crime and hate incident data are a major roadblock in increasing our understanding of the rising phenomenon of hate in the United States. In this paper, we reflect on the development of our geographically-integrated mobile application (the Hate Incident Reporting System) as an attempt to help close the gap in hate incident data. More broadly, we provide conceptual and methodological insights for working with sensitive Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) like hate incidents. We identify four key areas of attention in the process of developing digital tools for collecting sensitive VGI: i) participant motivation ii) data management and public research communication iii) accessibility iv) handling of geographic information and v) partnership with existing stakeholders. These factors are critical in the process of working with sensitive geographic data in an ethical fashion and ensuring maximum data reliability. Throughout each of these areas, the role of the ethical researcher stretches beyond academic research to accountability beyond academic research to accountability to participants in the form of tangible benefits.
仇恨犯罪和仇恨事件数据的缺口是增进我们对美国仇恨现象不断上升的理解的一个主要障碍。在本文中，我们反思了我们的地理集成移动应用程序（仇恨事件报告系统）的开发过程，该应用程序旨在帮助缩小仇恨事件数据的缺口。更广泛地说，我们为处理像仇恨事件这样的敏感自愿地理信息（VGI）提供了概念和方法上的见解。我们确定了开发用于收集敏感VGI的数字工具过程中需要关注的四个关键领域：i）参与者动机；ii）数据管理和公共研究传播；iii）可及性；iv）地理信息处理；v）与现有利益相关者的合作关系。这些因素对于以符合道德的方式处理敏感地理数据并确保最大数据可靠性的过程至关重要。在这些领域的每一个中，道德研究者的角色不仅延伸到学术研究之外，还以切实利益的形式延伸到对参与者负责的学术研究之外的问责制。
