{"id":26846,"date":"2023-02-28T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/2023\/02\/28\/researchers-students-map-the-abstract\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T21:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T01:55:12","slug":"researchers-students-map-the-abstract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/2023\/02\/28\/researchers-students-map-the-abstract\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers, Students Map the Abstract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mapping is a critical research tool for two professors in the College of Design. Sara Queen<\/a>, associate professor of architecture, and Tania Allen<\/a>, associate professor of media arts, design and technology, use maps to visualize how systems of oppression impact communities and neighborhoods across generations.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students in their DIY Cartography course have examined how the mass incarceration, access to education and health disparities are related to societies\u2019 built environments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Queen, Allen and their students spoke in November at Coffee & Viz<\/a>, an event hosted by the NC State University Libraries during which researchers present their work in visualization.<\/p>\n\n\n

Watch the <\/span>video <\/span> <\/svg> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n