MAPPING (IN)JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM DIGITAL THEORY + PRAXIS FOR CRITICAL SCHOLARSHIP
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Grant Name: MAPPING (IN)JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM DIGITAL THEORY + PRAXIS FOR CRITICAL SCHOLARSHIP
Date: November 7th 鈥 9th, 2019
Location: Fordham University New York, New York
The Mapping (In)Justice Symposium at Fordham University鈥檚 Lincoln Center campus will convene a group of more than 60 critical scholars over three days to explore structural inequities in or through spatial media, especially as they relate to matters of difference鈥攕uch as race, gender, class, ethnicity, ability, sexuality, and religion. Please visit our website:, to explore a full schedule of presentations, participant bios, and symposium proceedings.
While there is no registration fee, we encourage attendees to consider donating a commensurate 鈥渞egistration fee鈥 to our neighbors at the Goddard Riverside at Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center. The center was founded as a settlement house in 1947 on Manhattan鈥檚 Upper West Side and primarily serves residents of the Amsterdam Houses and Amsterdam Addition communities. Directions for how to make a secure donation can be found on the registration page.
SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
DAY ONE: Thursday, November 7th
09:00 鈥 09:30 鈥 Welcome / Opening Remarks
09:45 鈥 11:00 鈥 Gallery Project Panel Discussion
11:15 鈥 12:45 鈥 Paper Session 1: Mapping / Development and Displacement
01:45 鈥 03:15 鈥 Paper Session 2: Mapping / Distributive Justice
03:30 鈥 05:00 鈥 Paper Session 3: Mapping / the Local: A Focus on New York
05:15 鈥 06:30 鈥 Keynote / Sarah Elwood (University of Washington): 鈥淒oing Critical GIS Otherwise: Digital Mediation of Live, Thriving, and Possibility鈥
DAY TWO: Friday November 8th
10:00 鈥 10:45 鈥 Featured Project / Brett Stoudt (John Jay College of Criminal Justice): 鈥淢apping Our Home: Using Participatory Mapping to Counter Aggressive NYPD Policing in the South Bronx鈥
11:00 鈥 12:30 鈥 Paper Session 4: Mapping / Representation and Erasure
01:45 鈥 03:15 鈥 Paper Session 5: Mapping / Urban Education
03:30 鈥 05:00 鈥 Paper Session 6: Mapping / Critical Histories
05:15 鈥 06:30 鈥 Keynote / Nazera Sadiq Wright (University of Kentucky): 鈥淒IGITAL G(IR)LS: Mapping Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century鈥
DAY THREE: Saturday, November 9th
10:00 鈥 10:45 鈥 Featured Project / Alex Gil (Columbia University): 鈥淢obilized Humanities: The Case of Torn Apart / Separados鈥
11:00 鈥 12:45 鈥 Paper Session 7: Mapping / Vulnerability and Resilience
02:15 鈥 04:00 鈥 Paper Session 8: Mapping / Power and Privilege
04:00 鈥 04:30 鈥 Symposium Closing
Mapping (In)Justice is hosted by Fordham University鈥檚 Digital Scholarship Consortium and Office of Research in partnership with New York University and Columbia University. The symposium will take place at Fordham University鈥檚 Lincoln Center Campus on Manhattan鈥檚 Upper West Side.
鈥 Gregory T. Donovan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies Co-Coordinator, Fordham Digital Scholarship Consortium Co-Chair, Mapping (In)Justice Symposium Fordham University
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