[EVENT] “A Story Map of Orange, NJ” – Spring Digital Humanities Day Presentation by Dr. Christopher Matthews

Date and Time: Wednesday March 28th, 2018 from 12:00PM to 1:00PM
Location: Schmitt Hall 135

This is an open event for all Students and Faculty

MSU Anthropology professor Christopher Matthews and graduate student Sophie Hudzik will present:“A Story Map of Orange, NJ”. This project, awarded a 2017 CDH Project Grant, uses ESRI’s Story Map platform (https://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/) and the interaction between maps and multimedia resources to document and narrate the history of the City of Orange, New Jersey.

Story Maps are map-based sites that help to tell the story of a place, an event, a social problem, etc. through an interaction between maps and multimedia resources such as photographs, video, audio, and other collected data. Story Maps allow for place-based narratives to emerge as users not only have access to primary source material but also a guided framework for how this material can be assembled as an argument. The argument in this project is: “Everything You Want to Learn about American Cities, You Can Learn in Orange, New Jersey.”

This is one session that is part of the 2018 Spring Digital Humanities Day hosted by The Center for the Digital Humanities. The day’s events will include presentations, productive discussions, and open Lab sessions. Refreshments will be served throughout the day.

To find out more about the Spring Digital Humanities day, please visit here.