Home Introduction Map Literacy Narrative Maps Data Maps QGIS Georectification Working with Spatial Data Deep Maps From Manuscripts to Map Programmatic Maps Lesson Plans Resources

Scholars in the humanities have long paid attention to maps and space, but in recent years new technologies have created a resurgence of interest in the spatial humanities. This workshop will introduce participants to the following subjects:

  • how mapping and spatial analysis are being used in humanities disciplines
  • how to find, create, and manipulate spatial data
  • how to create historical layers on interactive maps
  • how to create data-driven maps
  • how to tell stories and craft arguments with maps
  • how to create deep maps of places
  • how to create web maps in a programming language
  • how to use a variety of mapping tools
  • how to create lightweight and semester-long mapping assignments

The seminar will emphasize the hands-on learning of these skills. Each day we will pay special attention to preparing lesson plans for teaching the spatial humanities to students. The aim is to prepare scholars to be able to teach the spatial humanities in their courses and to be able to use maps and spatial analysis in their own research.

Schedule

Day 1: Introduction and Setup | Map Literacy | Narrative Maps

Day 2: Data Maps | QGIS

Day 3: Georectification | Working with Spatial Data

Day 4: Deep Maps | From Manuscripts to Maps

Day 5: Programmatic Maps

Alexander Keith Johnston, Moral & Statistical Chart Showing the Geographical Distribution of Man according to Religious Belief, with the Principal Protestant Mission Stations in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century, in The Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena, 2nd ed. (Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1856), plate 34. Courtesy of the David Rumsey Map Collection, Cartography Associates.

Alexander Keith Johnston, “Moral & Statistical Chart Showing the Geographical Distribution of Man according to Religious Belief, with the Principal Protestant Mission Stations in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century,” in The Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena, 2nd ed. (Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1856), plate 34. Courtesy of the David Rumsey Map Collection, Cartography Associates.