To recognize Black History Month and acknowledge our commitment to share Black histories year round, we’ve collected a set of materials that reflect on Black historical figures, geographies, and cartographies, as an inspiration for further consideration and research.
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Our education team spent the first two weeks of January teaching an intersession on critical map literacy to a small group of seniors at the Margarita Muñiz Academy.
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How can we make historic data about segregation, redlining, and real estate more useful and accessible? In this Get to Know Your Data interview, we dive into a new data set derived from HOLC maps.
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In honor of the January 1888 birthday of the National Geographic Society, we explore the history of its founding and some of the National Geographic maps in our collection.
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We added many new maps to the collections this year—and some of them are particularly resonant with the events of 2021
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What one map can tell us about the politics of property in the early twentieth century United States
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An interactive tour through East Boston, circa 1880
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A video tour through an intriguing "pie chart" maritime diagram for a ship in the South China Sea
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November is Indigenous People’s Heritage Month, a chance to unlearn entrenched narratives and relearn the complex history and modern presence of Native people across North America
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Welcome to our new Assistant Curator for Digital and Participatory Geography!
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