Mapping a Common Platform: Digital Cartography in the FHI Humanities Labs

Date: Friday, September 7, 2012 - 10:30am - 2:30pm
Location: Garage (C105), Bay 4, Smith Warehouse
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page-haitilab-choleramap.jpgPlease join us for short presentations about the new and ongoing digital mapping and data visualization projects currently underway in the Franklin Humanities Institute’s three Humanities Labs - BorderWork(s), GreaterThanGames, Haiti - followed by an open and informal lunch discussion about the possibilities and challenges of these projects. Come share your own experiences, projects, or ideas, as well as explore opportunities to get involved. All are welcome.

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Schedule

10:30-10:40 Welcome
 
10:40-12:00 Presentations - Chair: Liz Milewicz
10:40-10:50 Haiti projects - Laurent Dubois, Deborah Jenson, Victoria Szabo
10:50-11:00 Slave Rebellions - Vincent Brown
11:00-11:10 Digital Cities - Victoria Szabo
11:10-11:20 Visualizing Tahiti - Emma Ross
11:20-11:30 Caribbean Mappings - Jason Cohen
11:40-11:50 Mapping Sovereignty - Philip Stern, Ethan Mann
12:00-2:00 Lunch discussion - Response from Librarians, audience
 
2:00-2:30 Coffee and informal conversation
 
 
Project(s):
Haiti Lab
BorderWork(s) Lab
Greater Than Games Lab