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Webinar: Maps as Text, Subtext, and Hypertext: A behind-the-scenes tour of “Bending Lines,” a digital exhibition on persuasive maps at the Leventhal Map & Education Center
February 24, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST
On Wednesday, February 24th at 4 pm (EST), join historical geographer Garrett Dash Nelson from the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library for a discussion about representation, reality, and the visualization of geographic information in the new exhibition Bending Lines: Maps and Data from Distortion to Deception. Dr. Nelson will discuss not only the content of the exhibition itself but also the challenges and opportunities associated with creating digital exhibitions of historic printed material.
Dr. Nelson will be joined by Clements Library Curator of Graphics Material Clayton Lewis, and Adjunct Curator of Maps Mary Pedley.
This event is co-sponsored by the William L. Clements Library and The American Historical Print Collectors Society.
Image credit: “Newsmap … Monday, December 27, 1943” from the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center