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From: Benjamin Hennig <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 5:36 AM
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Subject: [carto-soc] The Futures of Atlases: call for contributions for a session at the 2017 AAG conference

Dear all,

Benjamin Hennig (University of Iceland) and Francis Harvey (Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde, Leipzig) are organising a session at the 2017 AAG conference (Boston, 4-9 April 2017) on the futures of atlases. We hope you are interested and can contribute either a paper presentation or a panel contribution. Given the restrictions of the AAG conference, panels are more flexible (because you can participate in multiple panels) but papers are still good (even better if you prefer that, but you can only submit one paper, which will be automatically accepted by the AAG). The bigger restriction we face now is time. Abstracts and sessions have to be submitted by 27 Oct (this coming Thursday).

If you are interested and would like to join a session with a paper, please let us know and send us your abstract by 25 Oct to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> / [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. If you'd like to take part in the panel discussion of futures for atlases, please just send us your registration PIN and a very brief title for your panel comments by 25 Oct. This gives us two days to organize things and get back to you with the organization of the sessions and the abstracts.

And here is the session abstract:

The Futures of Atlases
Atlases have become more than just a collection of maps. Contemporary forms of atlases comprise a wide range of themes that can turn them into artworks of storytelling. Questions of what are the modern roles and functions of an atlas therefore go much further than traditional conceptual issues about how to construct the most accurate representation of the physical world in book form. Considerations of the diverse narrative forms taken by atlases requires reflections about the intended audience and the appropriate form of representation. Following a consistent concept for narration, curation of the full range of maps and the subsequent process of data acquisition, processing and visualization are central in the creative productive process. Even after an atlas has been completed, ensuing work arises following an open access strategy regarding its data, ideally updated to changing content and knowledge about the world. Questions about data storage are linked to these conceptual questions. The complex challenges for the creation of a modern atlas are unique. From narration, curation and data/process access many questions occupy the creator of an atlas product. This session aims to facilitate a discussion about these different challenges involving everyone working on the creation of modern atlases, whether these are an actual atlas or whether they are atlas-like products in form of curated printed or digital forms of map-collections.

Looking forward to some interesting contributions, and to welcoming you all to the session next year in Boston!

Francis & Ben






-Angie

Angie Cope
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