Race & Space | The Map

Spatial History is not comprised of static facts and figures. It is a dynamic field of study that investigates interactions through space and time. Spatial History is also a means of doing good research. It prompts questions, adds perspective, and reveals relationships. With careful spatial study, one can not only understand historical events, but recreate historical experience.

In the above ThingLink map, the creators of Race & Space toggled spaces important to the NC State integration story. Each event is color coded to represent an individual exhibit: black dots correspond to the athletic department, green to the student body, red to the workplace, and blue to the community. We encourage you to hover over the different points, access the given links, and visualize the different ways integration affected the campus, community, and city.

Then, like a historian, consider the impact of each event and how they collectively might relate, affect, and inform one another. Think of space creatively, as it may take shape in the physical, metaphorical, and personal. Finally, consider these questions: How does physical space reinforce cultural and social structures? How might the negotiation for safe space alter a given environment? Can a historically white campus ever be fully integrated?

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