Reading the Crowd: What Google Maps Reveals About Ghana's Heritage Sites

Speaker: Ethel Mensah, Doctoral Researcher in Societal Computing, I2SC, Germany

Moderator: Francisca Adoma Acheampong, PhD, KNUST

When: Sat, 21 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT

Where: Online, on Microsoft Teams (you get the link when you register)

A conversation on what Google Maps ratings, reviews and photos can reveal about how people experience shared places. The session looks at how researchers can collect and study this data responsibly, its limitations, and a case study of heritage and tourist sites in Ghana.

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