Event Title
Mapping Early Modern Histories of Racism and Migration
Location
CB1-320
Start Date
3-11-2017 3:30 PM
End Date
3-11-2017 4:30 PM
Description
This roundtable showcases digital mapping projects completed by Grinnell College students in an upper-‐level seminar entitled, Early Modern Transnational Encounters. Taking seriously Mark Monmonier's contention that every map tells a story, students used Neatline, a geotemporal exhibit builder, to create maps relevant to the early modern English imaginary. Each map focuses on a specific location—Tunis, Tidor, Cyprus, and Istanbul—and visually represents England's increasing trade and contact with racialized others. The maps bring together a range of literary texts and archival materials, such as travel narratives, religious discourses, and medical texts, and in doing so, underscore the competing narratives surrounding each location. During the roundtable, students will talk audience members through their projects by discussing the "story" of their maps and the process of creating a digital map—for example, the decision to include some archival sources over others. Students will also address the subsequent questions and lines of research these maps can inspire. Finally, the roundtable will consider how these digital maps may serve as a resource and pedagogical tool for students and instructors alike. In fitting with the conference theme, "The Possible Worlds of Digital Humanities," this roundtable demonstrates how digital tools, such as Neatline, allow researchers to represent and engage with a history of migration and racism through the visual and interactive possibilities of a digital map.
Mapping Early Modern Histories of Racism and Migration
CB1-320
This roundtable showcases digital mapping projects completed by Grinnell College students in an upper-‐level seminar entitled, Early Modern Transnational Encounters.
