On place, privacy, and ethics

The personal and often highly individualized relationship with placesleads to a number of questions related to privacy and ethics. This articleaddresses both privacy and ethics by arguing that location privacyneeds to be considered a proxy for place privacy; that place-makingexposes several inherently ethical dimensions, such as the participationin the place-making; and that equitable participation in platial informa-tion is an important component of ethical action in relation to placesthemselves. Building on this, corresponding need for further research isoutlined, specifically concerning power relations acting on places andmulticultural perspectives in research about place.