Touring through an open house

The William C. Wonders map collection’s desire paths and colonial legacies.

Authors

  • Larry Laliberté University of Alberta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/acmla.n172.5452

Keywords:

Colonialism, Dispossession, Decolonization, Anthropocene, Deep Time, Production of Space, Conscientization, Map Collection Tours

Abstract

In March 2020, the University of Alberta William C. Wonders map collection sheltered in place as a global pandemic unfolded. It would be a year before staff could return in full, creating a disconnect from the physical space. During this absence, map staff began planning in-person map collection tours that would draw upon Henri Lefebvre’s production of space in order to recalibrate the collection as evidence of extractive dispossession, rhumb the maps as anthropogenic fragments, and situate their containers in deep time.

Author Biography

Larry Laliberté, University of Alberta

Larry Laliberte is currently the GIS/Maps Librarian at the University of Alberta. Previously he was the GIS/Maps Librarian at the University of Manitoba and the University of Oregon.

Conference Article, Carto 2023, Larry Laliberte

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Published

2023-08-03

How to Cite

Laliberté, L. (2023). Touring through an open house: The William C. Wonders map collection’s desire paths and colonial legacies. Bulletin - Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA), (172), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.15353/acmla.n172.5452

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