GIS Speaker at Ball State
University Libraries
The Ball State University Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) Knowledge Group is hosting a speaker at Bracken
Library at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 17.
Dr. David Bodenhamer will present From
Historical GIS to Deep Mapping: The
Emergence of Spatial Humanities in Bracken Library room 104.
Dr. Bodenhamer is the
Executive Director of The Polis Center and Professor in the Department of
History at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. He has served as strategic and organizational
consultant to universities, government agencies, and not-for-profit and
faith-based organizations across the United States and in Europe. An active researcher, Bodenhamer is author or
editor of ten books and has published over 30 journal articles and book
chapters. He has presented to audiences
on four continents ranging from legal and constitutional history to the use of
GIS and advanced information technologies in academic and community-based
research.
Bodenhamer’s works include The Spatial Humanities: GIS and the Future
of Humanities Scholarship (Indiana University Press, 2010) and the
forthcoming book Deep Maps and Spatial
Narratives (Indiana University Press, 2014).
The Polis Center is a
self-funded research unit of the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at
IUPUI. The Center works with professional and scholarly communities, especially
through application of digital technologies such as GIS and other geospatial
tools. Major efforts include projects
with national and state departments of homeland security, public health
organizations, and research centers.
The presentation is free
and open to the public. Free parking is
available in the Emens Parking Garage next to Bracken Library after 7:00 p.m.
For more information about
the program, please contact Angela Gibson, GIS Specialist in the GIS Research
and Map Collection at 765-285-1097.
No comments:
Post a Comment