Conference Agenda

Session
LP-23: Mapping and Visualising Conflict, Violence and Slavery
Time:
Friday, 18/July/2025:
9:00am - 10:30am

Session Chair: Simone Rebora, University of Verona
 Location: Aud C1 (EC)
Zoom link to be included

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Presentations

Navigating Disconcertment in Map-Making: How to Turn Conflict and Collaboration into Accessible Geodata

Moritz Twente1, Moritz Mähr1,2

1Universität Basel, Switzerland; 2Universität Bern, Switzerland

The paper explores the role of maps as epistemic tools in the Stadt.Geschichte.Basel project, emphasizing how spatial data dynamics and moments of disconcertment foster interdisciplinary collaboration. By embracing ambiguity and conflict in map-making, the authors create accessible, inclusive outputs that reimagine historical narratives and advance participatory scholarship.


The Cartography of Crisis: A Digital Humanities Approach to Visualizing Patterns of Police Violence

Nabeel Siddiqui

Susquehanna University, United States of America

This study employs digital humanities methods and hierarchical hexagonal spatial indexing (H3) to analyze patterns of police violence against African Americans across the United States. Using Local Moran's I statistics on over 13,000 incidents between 2015-2024, it identifies significant geographic clusters and transition zones, revealing how policing practices vary across jurisdictional boundaries.


Visualizing Resistance in the Archive of Slavery

Marguerite Adams, Shiyao Li, Tanvi Sharma, Jay Varner, Lauren Klein

Emory University, United States of America

This paper presents a case study of a data visualization involving the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database. We explain how theories about historical trauma and the limits of recovery guided our work. We describe our design process, and propose a series of questions that can guide future visualizations of sensitive data.