Comments on: Three days to submit proposals!

By: Abigail Holeman

Abigail Holeman — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:30:54 +0000

I’m probably too late, but I’ll put this up here anyway. Last night (hence the late post), a colleague and I were discussing the use of GIS in non-traditional ways, or creating new ways of representing nontraditional features. I use GIS to look at cosmology in Native American societies. My use of the technology itself is fairly straightforward and in fact rather traditional, but I am using it to ask questions I don’t usually see in connection with GIS. My colleague uses GIS to look at concepts of identity and cultural boundaries. In her work she has struggled with how to represent boundaries in more complex ways. Although the broader Digital Humanities uses different technologies to do this kind of thing, I’d love to hear how other people might be using GIS specifically in this way. I don’t have any thing specific in mind, just thought it would be great to hear other people’s thoughts on this.

By: Ethan Gruber

Ethan Gruber — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:56:59 +0000

This is a great idea. Thanks for offering, Garth.

By: Mandy Ranslow

Mandy Ranslow — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:47:19 +0000

As a non-local, I think it’s a great idea!

By: Garth Anderson

Garth Anderson — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:32:53 +0000

I am not sure if another local has offered this, but as one of UVA’s historians I’d be happy to offer an overview of the Academical Village. If there is another local who can address “Canada” and the Kitty Foster homesite in our South Lawn (Canada was an area occupied by Free Blacks probably starting with the construction period of the University).
This tour could be organized for Friday, after the camp.