Mapping Self in Society

MaSelfS (formerly Re-Shape) is a framework for teaching personal geography & critical spatial inquiry. Teachers working in different disciplines such as social studies or computer science can use this framework to engage learners in activities where they learn how to use open source tools to collect and dynamically visualize their physical movement data over thematic maps to explore relations between people and the social and cultural life of neighborhoods and communities. These activities align the experience of personal geography with analyses of society and integrate ideas in human geography with contemporary ideas about data ethics and computational analysis. The framework is also designed for researchers who are considering using new location-based technologies in ethically sensitive ways for research about public history, critical spatial and computational analysis of human geography, and design studies of learning on the move. Visit the MaSelfS website HERE.