Ball State
University Celebrates Geography Awareness Week
National Geographic
celebrates geography every year with Geography Awareness Week, and this
year’s theme is “Explore! The Power of Maps.” This year National
Geographic is celebrating 100 years of cartographic history the week of
November 15-21.
Ball State University is
kicking off a week of geography-related events and exhibits with a special
presentation, “Maps as (Em)power(ment)” on Monday, November 16 from 6:00 to
7:00 in Bracken Library room 104. Dr. Jorn Seemann, Assistant Professor in
the Department of Geography, will be presenting an informative session about
the unique power of maps for conveying a “world of information” in a visual,
spatial format.
The presentation will
acquaint the audience with a vast collection of maps used for numerous purposes
of education and learning. Anyone—young or old, geography buff to
beginning learner, teacher, student, map lover—is welcome, and the session is
free and open to the public. (Paid parking is available in the Emens parking structure).
Dr. Seemann has a
master’s degree in Geography from Universitat Hamburg in Germany and a Ph.D.
from Louisiana State University. The focus of his research is the
relations between maps and society. He is particularly interested in
cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives, including mental maps,
cartographic education, and creative ways of thinking, perceiving, and
representing space and place.
A corresponding exhibit
displaying a gallery of maps will be located in the front windows of the Ball
State University Libraries’ GIS Research and Map Collection (GRMC) on the
second floor of Bracken Library. This special exhibit of maps will be
available through the end of November.
For more information
about any of the Geography
Awareness Week programs,
please contact the GRMC at 765-285-1097.
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