How to Make a Web Map

In my last post I wrote about preparing to build a web map to illustrate the spatial reach of postcards featuring images of Native American Boarding Schools. Good news: the map is coming along nicely! In this post, I’ll share my process for creating a web map....

Mapping Postcards/Mapping Memory

In my last post, I wrote about what I was hoping to develop for my final project as a CHI Fellow. I planned to create a digital archive for materials associated with the historical Mt Pleasant Indian Industrial School. Instead, I will be building a web map that...

Angelica’s Project Notes Part 1 – Design

Hello again! Since my last post, I’ve been busy designing the narrative and digital infrastructure for my project titled (Un)Mapping the (Settler) Colonial Forest. In this new post, I’ll outline a few key parts about this design process. First, I’ll talk about the...

Mapping the News Cycle via StoryAtlas

The first step in creating our CHI Fellowship project is pitching our project idea to our cohort. Each of the fellows creates a project vision document, where we define our project scope, product, audiences, technology needs, and all manner of details about the...

Mapping Mahaweli: writing the world from a river

During our last meeting in Fall 2023, I presented my proposal for the final project inspired by the second rapid development project in Sri Lanka. I proposed building a website called “Mapping Mahaweli” with a digital map that archives the historical...