Deep Maps and Community Histories: Advancing Transdisciplinary and Public-Facing Scholarship in the Spatial Humanities

FAIN: HT-301411-24

Michigan Technological University (Houghton, MI 49931-1200)
Donald Lafreniere (Project Director: February 2024 to present)
Mark Alan Rhodes (Co Project Director: February 2024 to present)
Daniel Trepal (Co Project Director: February 2024 to present)
Sarah Fayen Scarlett (Co Project Director: February 2024 to present)
Krysta Ryzewski (Co Project Director: February 2024 to present)

A two-week, residential institute followed by a series of virtual sessions on geospatial technologies and digital deep mapping for publicly-engaged scholarship. The institute will be hosted at Michigan Technological University.

The Deep Maps and Community Histories: Advancing Transdisciplinary and Public-Facing Scholarship in the Spatial Humanities Institute is a 16-month hybrid virtual and in-person institute bringing together public historians and experts in the field of Digital Humanities. The Institute will provide advanced training to researchers interested in advanced digital geospatial and augmented mobile approaches to publicly-engaged storytelling about the past. The project will culminate in the release of publicly web-accessible digital deep-map prototypes created by institute Fellows that further their active research programs, showcasing the ways deep maps enhance our ability to explore community history and heritage.