Join JHU Data Services for a series of lightning talks exploring how ArcGIS StoryMaps can serve as a tool for transforming data into visually engaging narratives that center unique and underrepresented stories. The talks will be moderated by Geospatial Data, GIS, and Maps Librarian Lena Denis, and include:

• A Failed Statistics: Mapping Incommensurability in 19th Century Mexico 

See how mapping and visualizing agricultural records from nineteenth-century Mexico can reveal unforeseen patterns in land ownership, labor, and the environment.

Casey Marina Lurtz, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of History

• A Topography of Death: The Human Side of Data 

Get the full story of how data about migrant crossings became the powerful exhibition Hostile Terrain 94.

Natalia Stefanska, JHU International/Global Studies, Class of 2024

• Mapping Cultural Institutions in Baltimore from 1800 - 1940 

See how mapping the establishment of early cultural institutions of Baltimore showcases the changing landscape of Baltimore's cultural institutions in the 19th century and insight into their institutional identities.

​​​​​​​Debbie Kim, Project Associate, Curatorial and Exhibits at Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream (MCAAD)