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. In 2021, our first MGC cohort focused on how the global COVID pandemic has changed our city; the research on this page is the result of student-led work on areas such as education, health work, and social justice. In 2022, the lab focused on “Healing in the Diaspora” while providing an introduction and overview into Tibetan Medicine, they also conducted interviews with the Tibetan Alliance of Chicago. 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.