Digital Mapping
Histories of Experimentation
Archival research examines the histories of mapping in the lead-up to mid-20th century developments in computation.
Geographer
Late 15th century. From gē 'earth' + -graphia 'writing'.
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Matthew W. Wilson, PhD, is Chair and Professor of Geography at the University of Kentucky and an Associate at the Center for Geographic Analysis at Harvard University. He directs Mapshop. He is an editor at cultural geographies, an international, peer-reviewed quarterly journal.
He co-edited Understanding Spatial Media (SAGE, 2017) and his most recent book is New Lines: Critical GIS and the Trouble of the Map (University of Minnesota Press, 2017).
He has previously taught at Ball State University and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and has held visiting appointments at the University of British Columbia and Saint Louis University. His current research examines mid-20th century, digital mapping practices. He earned his PhD and MA from the University of Washington and his BS from Northwest Missouri State University. His childhood was spent in Pumpkin Center, Missouri, a small farming community in Nodaway County, where his family has farmed for over 170 years.
He lives in the historic Aylesford neighborhood of Lexington, Kentucky.
