Erik Steiner: "The Spatial History Project: Reflections and Directions"

About this event: CESTA celebrates and says goodbye to long-time Spatial History Project Co-Director Erik Steiner, who was recently named the Director of the InfoGraphics Lab at the University of Oregon. Erik will share some reflections on 15 years of the Spatial History Project and discuss the sustainability of these digital works, including the Spatial History Project Website, Railroaded, LandTalk, and Imagined San Francisco.

About the speaker: Erik Steiner has long served as Co-Director of CESTA's Spatial History Project, which he co-founded in 2008, and is a former President of the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS). He is an interaction designer and cartographer working at the intersection of technology, creative arts, and academic scholarship in the humanities and social, and environmental sciences. He has led the design and development of dozens of interactive and information design projects through major grants from the Getty, Kress and Mellon Foundations, NEH, NSF, and ACLS.