I first found out about Virtual Shtetl while sitting in the Warsaw Jewish Community boardroom overlooking the city’s central Pałac Kultury. I was going on Birthright—a free trip to Israel for young Jews of the diaspora—with a Polish group (the Canadian division of Birthright told me that I wasn’t Jewish enough to go, but that’s a Read More
This is our attempt to recreate the dialogue we have had while developing our Maps Boot Camp exercise. We recognized that the differences in our knowledge, personal, and academic practices/experiences would help, rather than hinder, our collaboration. “Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.” – Robert Quillen Rather than one Read More
What does it mean to map something that has already been mapped? (Or to overwrite a map?) How do the technologies of mapping used affect the maps created? Is it possible to map everything in order to avoid biases? Do new technologies create more biases, or just different biases? (Do you lose old bias when Read More