MAPPING GLOBAL CHICAGO
Mapping Global Chicago is a collaborative undergraduate research lab and part of the University of Chicago’s Global Studies Program. Students in this lab work together to create public scholarship investigating the idea of the “global city” here in Chicago. Lab participants have studied such diverse subjects as the practice of traditional Tibetan medicine, the effect of the global COVID pandemic on education in Chicago, and most recently, the links between community efforts for environmental justice and the fight against gentrification among Chicago’s Latin American diaspora. In 2023, our lab forged a partnership with El Paseo Community Garden in Pilsen. Students produced, among other output, a podcast and maps of the garden and the Pilsen neighborhood. Future labs will focus on other concerns based on student proposals, researching specific neighborhoods, industries, or institutions connecting Chicago to a broader, “global” space through flows of capital, bodies, and ideas. Both this year and moving forward, these projects involve diverse and interdisciplinary research methods undertaken by students from across the University.
2023 Lab Participants
Jonathan Allen Kimberly Allotey Damary Alvarez Gavin Atack Tejas Balaji Connor Bentley Tori Choo Kira Davis Iselle Diaz Kenatu Habetaslassa |
Layla Haynor Sallie Hinkle Allison Ho Sofia Johansson Tara Kothari Reanna Lebitski Tara Makhija Hayley Mirabile Priya Rawal Griffin Seyfried Jielu Yu |
TA: Bek Erl
We would also like to extend a special thanks to Paula Acevedo and all of the people at El Paseo Community Garden for welcoming us and working with us this year.
Mapping Global Chicago 2024
Interested in getting involved? Have an idea for next year’s theme?
Get in touch with Professor Callie Maidhof (cmaidhof@uchicago.edu)