Writing Spaces: Mapping as Writing and Writing About Maps
Event Date
Oct 27 2026, 12pm - 1:30pm
Location
Research Collaboration Studio, Wilson Library (West Bank) and Zoom
What if the first three rules of writing were “location, location, location”? This panel brings together scholars and researchers who use maps and mapping in their teaching and research to explore how the processes of mapping and using maps to generate insight might intersect with writing and communication. Brief 10-minute presentations by panelists will preface a lively discussion about the role of space and place in writing and the role of mapping as a symbolic activity in shaping our understanding of the world.
Panel available in person on the Twin Cities campus and online for all other UMN campuses. Free lunch included for in-person attendees. Attendees can earn 300 Wellbeing points!
Facilitated by Dan Emery (Assistant Director, Writing Across the Curriculum).
Panelists: Len Kne, U-Spatial; Ryan Mattke, Map Library; Robert McMaster, Geography, Environment & Society; and Peng Nelson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
Audience: All instructors