Digitally Locating Hidden Spaces

by | Dec 9, 2016 | CHI Grad Fellow Post

I’ve been predominantly considering digital maps as a means of telling stories of communities. It could be that I’m a newbie at most things digital, but perhaps there’s something comforting in reclaiming space for the less represented or participating in the...

Mapping the movement of community spaces

by | Nov 23, 2016 | CHI Grad Fellow Post

As evidenced through this month’s blog posts, the CHI cohort is putting together their initial plans for our main project. I had initially wanted to focus on how nostalgia imprints itself and is used on physical places as a means of sustaining culture; however, the...

Fellow Introduction

by | Sep 30, 2016 | CHI Grad Fellow Post, CHI Project Info

Hello! I’m Stephanie Mahnke, a second-year PhD student in Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures. I got my undergraduate degree in English Literature at UCLA, but after that, I spent many years abroad and working at community colleges. It was during that break...