Digital Project 3: Collaborative Counter-mapping

Overview

Throughout their CODES classes, students employ place-based research methods to interrogate the communities in which they live and work. In this collaborative assignment, they put those methods to work through a storymap that critically engages with some aspect of the St. Louis region. This is explicitly a counter-map, which challenges dominant narratives by centering the experiences and relationships of marginalized groups.

Assignment Sheet

Authors

  • Jessica DeSpain
  • Dr. Meg Smith is a digital humanist and medieval historian. At SIUE, she serves as Interim Director of the IRIS Center for Digital Humanities and Technical Director for the CODES program.