During this session, we will learn about cultural mapping, visual storytelling, data visualization, and network analysis from the following speakers and their presentations:

• Dr. Tamara Kneese (USF)

  • Platform Temporality​

• Rachel Midura (Stanford)

  • Early Modern Historical Networks​

• Dr. Marie Saldaña (Stanford)

  • Endogamy in Northeastern New Spain: Network Visualization and Beyond​

• Abram Stern (aphid) (UCSC)

  • OCR: Reading Against the Grain​

Our guest speakers will participate in a Q&A session with the audience following their presentations.​

During this closed session, invited speakers from San José State University will provide breif demonstrations for our invited English 1B teams, relating to their current research in cultural mapping, visual storytelling, data visualization, and network analysis. 

• Rick Kos

  • Putting Your Story On the Map: An Exploration of Esri's Story Maps Platform​​

• Dr. Yoon Han​

  • Biometric Data Arts Using Fingerprint and Iris Data​

• Rhonda Holberton

  • No Unreal Thing Exists​

Their demonstrations will be followed by a Q&A session with invited 1B student-teams who are working on their own mapping and visualization projects. 

In the final portion of our 2020 Hackathon, our invited students will engage in a hands-on hacking session focused on applying the knowledge and skills gained from the presentations, demonstrations, and Q&A sessions to their own cultural mapping and multimodal visualization projects. 

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We will end the Hackathon will student-team presentations and awards.