While maps may appear as an objective narrative, the mapmaker is telling a story – using data, design & presentation. In this seminar we'll explore different maps made using the same data and question the stories maps tell – and what we can learn from them!
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12 Aug: Claire Loughnan presents Against Erasure – a 3D model of the Manus Island Detention Centre. Preserving collective lived experience & knowledge, the project challenges us to confront state violence and the power of digital tools in education & research
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For our June HADES seminar, Sebastien Plutnaik will share #archeofrag, software which analyses spatial relationships in archaeological sites, enhancing our understanding of artifacts, sites, and excavation!
10 June, Zoom
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Enjoyed Jonathon Laskovsky's talk at @wearehades.bsky.social. Borders between states and borders between disciplines can be permeable while also being places of control. Rivers and seeds show the spaces and places that cross borders and challenge the authority of lines on a map.

Location in archaeology: How certain are we this thing was there?
Sébastien Plutniak presents archeofrag, software to analyse spatial relationships in archaeological sites, enhancing our understanding of artifacts, sites, and excavation!
10 June, Zoom rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/locati...

Next HADES seminar with Jonathan Laskovsky, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, sharing research on border sites beyond the cartographic and sociological, and data use in relation to border surveillance, resistance and transgression.
Mon 12 May, 2-3pm, online
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Join Jonathan Laskovsky, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, sharing research on border sites beyond the cartographic and sociological, and how data is used in relation to border surveillance, resistance and transgression.
Mon 12 May, 2-3pm, via Zoom
Register rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/betwee...

In 2025, HADES seminars focus on ‘Place’

Mapping places in digital research charts the prosaic and poetic in visual representations and the stories we tell from data. This data may not be physically located, yet the stories we tell are shaped by the place they occupy.

blogs.unimelb.edu.au/hades/

The next HADES seminar features Michael Falk, Heather Ford and Francesca Sidoti speaking about the wikihistories project (wikihistories.net), where they uncovered an anthropocentric and neo-colonial bias in English Wikipedia's coverage of Australia
14 Apr, 2-3pm, Zoom
Register go.unimelb.edu.au/j6ip