GIS Technology and Community Engagement
Americans, now more than ever, have been forced to reckon with a history of injustice which has manifested in broad structural inequality. Visualizing data that reflects this history is a powerful pedagogy for undergraduate students to analyze public policy which supports healthy communities, crime or perpetuates injustice. Students use data to discern their position and place in our community ecosystem while engaging with course themes and exploring the social structures or agents of justice, (e.g.: employment, immigration, race, education, health care, housing). This approach to data and community engagement aims to introduce the technology undergraduate students use to map data and analyze places of justice.
Policy Map and Community Engagement Presentation |
Inside Out Final Class Ceremony
Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Complex
Low-tech teaching tools
Research is replete with the benefits of learning communities.
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