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Title: Using GIS Data Technologies for the (Re)Visualization of the Historical and Religious Figure of Emma Hale Smith
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: What follows is a study of the historical figure of Emma Hale Smith, as inhabiting a unique location caught between the nexus of both reverent and condemning legacies--legacies shared by and central to both the Church of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) and the Community of Christ (CC) traditions, though in strikingly different modes. A certain methodology which 1 utilizes geographic information systems (GIS) technologies and other data visualization tools will be employed, which I argue are particularly poignant for (re)engaging Emma from renewed vantage points as center rather than periphery. There is clearly a present need in both scholarship and collective consciousness for a resurgence in models of women’s subversion and civil disobedience, which have been procedurally erased ‘off of the map of history,’ particularly in religious contexts. With this case study I seek to illustrate how data and GIS visualization driven approaches might afford unique potential for reclaiming these narratives in powerful ways...
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Authors: Vilimas, Kim
Institution: Claremont Graduate University
Department: Arts and Humanities
Advisor: Patrick Mason and Dr. Brian Hilton
Degree: Masters
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Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS
Topics: Population Data Science
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