{"id":1791495,"date":"2021-07-27T19:34:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T23:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1791495"},"modified":"2021-07-27T19:37:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T23:37:15","slug":"an-osher-map-library-exhibition-inspired-by-cancelled-travel-in-the-covid-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/07\/an-osher-map-library-exhibition-inspired-by-cancelled-travel-in-the-covid-era\/","title":{"rendered":"An Osher Map Library Exhibition Inspired by Cancelled Travel in the COVID Era"},"content":{"rendered":"
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C. F. Weiland, Cholera-karte oder \u00dcbersicht der progressiven verbreitung der Cholera seit ihrer Erscheinung im Jahr 1817 \u00fcber Asien, Europa und Africa<\/i>, 1832. Map, 62 \u00d7 73 cm. Osher Map Library Sheet Map Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The latest exhibition at the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education is deliberately on the nose: Where Will We Go from Here? Travel in the Age of COVID-19<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is the Osher\u2019s first crowdsourced exhibition, based in part on more than 140 responses to an online survey about cancelled travel plans and the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

The exhibition is divided into five sections, beginning with an introduction to the mapping of pandemics and diseases, and continuing into four themes that emerged from the types of cancelled or postponed trips our respondents wrote about most frequently: Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Family Milestones; Weddings; Work-Related Travel; and Lost Study-Abroad Experiences. The curators selected stories from the survey and matched personal narratives and reflections about trips not taken to historic maps from our collections. We hope that as you walk through the gallery you will take time to read these personal narratives, and that they provide you with an opportunity to engage in quiet reflection about the challenges you and your loved ones have faced this year, and that you will join us in pondering the question: \u201cWhere will we go from here?\u201d<\/p>\n

At the end of our questionnaire, we asked participants: \u201cBeyond your canceled travel plans, is there anything else you would like to tell us about how the pandemic has impacted your living and working situations?\u201d We were particularly moved by the honest and thoughtful responses to this question; all responses can be read in a scrolling feed on the monitor at the end of the exhibit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The physical exhibition opened on 13 May and is open to visitors until 15 October 2021. Free admission with timed tickets<\/a>; no more than six visitors are allowed in the gallery at any one time. The online exhibition starts here<\/a>; the sections mixing personal narratives and historical maps can be quite poignant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest exhibition at the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education is deliberately on the nose: Where Will We Go from Here? 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