Writing Spaces: Mapping as Writing and Writing About Maps

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.

Free lunch included for in-person attendees.

Facilitated by Dan Emery (Assistant Director, Writing Across the Curriculum).

Panelists: Len Kne, Director of U-Spatial; Ryan Mattke, Map & Geospatial Information Librarian and Director of the John R. Borchert Map Library; and Peng Nelson, Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
Panel available in person on the Twin Cities campus and online for all other UMN campuses.
Audience: All instructors
Attendees can earn 300 Wellbeing points!