Join the Department of Geography for the Colloquium Series talk with Chelsea Nestel on “Aesthetics in Cartography: A Genealogy of ‘Really Good’ Maps”.

Nestel is the David and Nancy Petrone GIS librarian at the University of Oregon Libraries. They are the subject matter liaison for the Department of Geography. Chelsea is also co-chair of the International Cartographic Association working group Next Generation Cartographers.

“Aesthetic epistemology is integral to how maps are made, experienced and used, but aesthetics remains a neglected topic in cartographic theory. Using concordance analysis, a method from linguistics, I develop a genealogy of cartographic aesthetics. My genealogy explores how European-American cartography arrived at its current design-based aesthetic epistemologies through studying six aesthetic key words: design, aesthetics, taste, beauty, art, and style. I interpret the histories of these key words through the philosophy of aesthetics and conclude with a discussion of aesthetics and the values of cartography.” --Chelsea Nestel

This event is also available on Zoom: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/96715179600.

Free and open to the public.