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9 Sep

Map of the Week: Sounds of the Forest

By Arden Benner This week’s Map of the Week comes from Wild Rumpus a UK-based production company specializing in outdoor artisanal events that focus on “helping people connect to and be inspired by nature.” Every July, in collaboration with The...
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8 Sep

Geographical Review Preview: Indigeneity, Displacement, and Regional Place Attachment Among IDPs from Crimea

By: Austin Charron What is the main purpose of your study? The purpose of this study is to show how indigenous identities and experiences of colonization impact place attachment, using as a case study internally displaced peoples (IDPs) from Crimea...
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3 Sep

Map of the Week: Nine Weeks to Polling

by Conor White Click the map to create your own at 270toWin.com The 2020 United States presidential election is only nine weeks away. It is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, and will be the 59th quadrennial...
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1 Sep

Geographical Review Preview: Cognitive Mapping as a Method to Assess Peoples’ Attachment to Place

By: Jeffrey Smith and Ricardo Aranha What is the main purpose of your study? The purpose of this article is to showcase how peoples’ mental maps (perceptions) of a place can be used as a tool to reveal their emotional...
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27 Aug

Map of the Week: Remembering Hurricane Katrina

By Nicole Oveisi As New Orleans prepares to remember Hurricane Katrina on the 15 year anniversary this Saturday August 29th, and coastal cities in Louisiana and Texas assess the damage of Hurricane Laura, it’s important to understand the lasting effects...
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25 Aug

Geographical Review Preview: A Human-Environment Timeline

By: Thomas B. Larsen and John Harrington, Jr. What is the main purpose of your study? This paper begins scholarly conversation to develop and formalize a human-environment timeline. Numerous scholars agree that an “Age of Humans,” or Anthropocene, exists. They...
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19 Aug

Map of the Week: 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment

By Arden Benner In celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the 19th amendment, this week we’re bringing you “Women’s Suffrage and the Ratification of the 19th Amendment” a story map created by the National Park Service that zig-zags across...
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18 Aug

Geographical Review Preview: Diversity Development in Post-Socialist Cities – the Example of East Germany

By: Birgit Glorius What is the main purpose of your study? When comparing integration patterns, policies and attitudes towards migration, post-socialist European countries stand out from West European countries in having a less developed integration infrastructure, fewer immigrants and less openness...
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13 Aug

Map of the Week: “Wine Windows” Return in Italy

by Conor White Italy was initially one of the countries that was most heavily impacted by the spread of COVID-19. At the beginning of the global pandemic, the epicenter of the virus had spread from Wuhan, Hubei Province in China...
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11 Aug

Geographical Review Preview: The Urban Governance of Asylum as a “Battleground”: Policies of Exclusion and Efforts of Inclusion in Italian Towns

By: Maurizio Ambrosini What is the main purpose of your study? The main purpose of my study was to discuss local policies of reception of asylum seekers, deepening the case of Italy: a Western country concerned by the arrival of...
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