Mapping narratives: The 1992 Los Angeles riots as a case study for narrative-based geovisualization

Journal of Cultural Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-227

  Watts, Paul R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geovisualization; Los Angeles; Multiple methods; Narrative; Qualitative data; Riots

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; POPULAR PROTEST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE; VISUALIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954409881     PISSN: 08873631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08873631.2010.494401     Document Type: Article

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