From drone strikes to racist attacks, from precarious labour to gentrification, how do maps help us understand injustice and illuminate struggle? In this public showcase and discussion we explore how mapmakers engage our geographical imaginations and use the power of maps for social change. From oral history to twitter data-mining, our featured mapmakers use a Read more about Mapping for Justice[…]

21st May – Cultural heritage landscapes and deathscapes – 13.00-14.00, PG19 (Talbot Campus) Craig Young (Reader in Human Geography at Manchester Met University), Tim Darville (BU SciTech AAFS), Anne Luce (BU M & C) Craig is currently organising a seminar series which will include the politics of (re-)burial, trade in body parts, dark tourism, body Read more about Cultural Heritage Landscapes and Deathscapes Seminars[…]

Digital transformations in communications have led to the increasing popularity of data visualisations and the use of maps and other multimedia interactives for representing complex data. Often, these visual data stories can better communicate the significance of research findings to policy-makers and the public. Beyond engendering greater comprehension, this turn to the visual can also Read more about Datalabs 3: Digital Storytelling with Data[…]