
- Jan 13, 2021
- Rachel Mead and Garrett Dash Nelson
Confronting the content of collections
Content warning This post contains offensive imagery involving a racist caricature. Last fall, we …
Read moreContent warning This post contains offensive imagery involving a racist caricature. Last fall, we …
Read moreLast week, to observe the end of 2020, we published maps of the 20s on our social media—that is, one …
Read moreOne goal of our current exhibition, Bending Lines: Maps and Data from Distortion to Deception is to …
Read moreIt’s been a challenge marking time in the year 2020: last January feels like a million years …
Read moreOur world is awash in data. The widespread availability of computers and Internet access has made it …
Read moreWhat’s up? This map for “elevation” in the #30DayMapChallenge! Previous …
Read moreToday’s entry in the #30DayMapChallenge is “boundary,” and we certainly live in a …
Read moreAn excerpt from Ramusio’s 1565 map of New France, showing the ‘unknown part.’ Is …
Read moreHave you ever wondered why map projections are called “projections?” In gnomonic …
Read moreThis article is also cross-posted on the BPL Blog. There were many candy factories in Greater Boston …
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