Especially the last of these seems up the Geowanking "alley" but I
figured I'd include the whole schedule.
If any Chicago geowankers are planning on going to February or March,
let me know. I can't make January.
Joe
The Newberry Library: The Chicago Map Society
2008-09 WINTER SCHEDULE
http://www.newberry.org/smith/cms/cms.html
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 5:30 PM reception, 6 pm lecture
“A noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die”
Speaker: Dennis McClendon (Chicago Map Society)
Location: Ruggles Hall, Newberry Library
Those words, following closely on the heels of his more famous
utterance “Make no little plans,” certainly apply to Daniel Burnham’s
1909 Plan of Chicago. The “noble diagrams” that Burnham, Edward
Bennett, and their associates prepared one hundred years ago are among
the most important maps ever made of Chicago. Though never realized
fully, the dazzling vision and inspirational power of the “Burnham
Plan” influenced our city’s development throughout the twentieth
century, and will continue to do so in the twenty-first. On the
centenary of the Plan, longtime Plan of Chicago scholar, urban
cartographer, and former Map Society president Dennis McClendon will
talk about the maps and diagrams used in the document and subsequent
promotional efforts, and about how the Plan reshaped the city.
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 5:30 PM reception, 6 pm lecture
“Mapping Food, Supermarkets, and Community in Chicago”
Speaker: Daniel Block, Chicago State University
Location: Newberry Library
Supported in part by a grant from the Geographical Society of Chicago
– National Geographic Society Education Fund
Access to quality groceries is a major issue in many Chicago
communities. In many areas supermarkets are few and far in between,
and available stores often have limited variety, especially of fresh
fruits and vegetables. A recent study supported by the Chicago
Community Trust mapped patterns of food availability in Chicago and
the suburbs. Consumers, local activists, and store owners and managers
in a variety of Chicago communities were also interviewed. The
findings show that patterns of food access often mirror racial and
ethnic patterns in the city and suburbs and that relationships between
store owners and the communities around them vary greatly between
different areas of the city. These patterns are expressed both in maps
and stories and paint a picture of a starkly differentiated city, but
one full of community-based entrepreneurs working towards solutions.
Wednesday, 11 March 2009, 5:30 PM reception, 6 PM lecture
“Public Participation GIS in the Context of Inner-City Revitalization”
Speaker: Rina Ghose, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Location: Newberry Library
Supported in part by a grant from the Geographical Society of Chicago
– National Geographic Society Education Fund
The goal of Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) is to erase the GIS
digital divide by providing access to geographic information
technologies among traditionally marginalized citizens, in order to
enable better participation in planning and policy tasks. Over the
last decade, PPGIS initiatives have been undertaken across the world.
Within the United States, PPGIS initiatives have enabled inner-city
community organizations to use GIS in their organizing and planning
tasks. In this lecture, Dr. Ghose will explore the often complex and
contradictory process of participation and spatial knowledge
production among inner-city community organizations in Milwaukee."
--
Joe Germuska
[email protected] * http://blog.germuska.com
"I felt so good I told the leader how to follow."
-- Sly Stone
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