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new research in environment,
historical GIS and digital media
Josh MacFadyen research, consultation, design




Josh MacFadyen, PhD
jmacfad@uwo.ca
locating my research and experience
  environmental history and other geospatial projects

         mapping frontier crops and land use patterns

         social and cultural values mapping; climate change adaptation

         research in early childhood development (RECD)

         ‘the fertile crescent’ - managing PEI soil and estuaries

         GeoWatch: Geospatial Workshops in Atlantic Canadian History

         ‘hewers of wood’ - biomass energy in Eastern Canada
collaborators and clients
Teaching: a Time and a Place
       environmental histories of Prince Edward Island,
        conference at UPEI, Charlottetown, June 2010
•co-organized speakers
and field trips
•taught environmental
history




                                      http://niche-canada.org/pei2010
Teaching: GIS
          for community planning and cultural mapping
       With ARCIS Patagonia University in Chiloe and the Williche Council of Chiefs
                             Chiloe, Chile, February 2011




•international development
•liaising with NGOs, local governments,
communities, indigenous groups
•teaching GIS for socio-cultural values
mapping
•expanding Island Studies programs
Teaching: GeoWATCH
       Geospatial Workshops in Atlantic Canadian History
             At the NiCHE Canadian History and Environment Summer School,
                               St. Andrews, NB, May 2011




•learning historical GIS
•ground-truthing
exercises in St Andrews
salt marsh, golf course,
& urban landscape

                                                   http://niche-canada.org/geowatch
Teaching: GeoWATCH
       Geospatial Workshops in Atlantic Canadian History
                      At the University of Prince Edward Island,
                           Charlottetown, PE, October 2011
•learning historical GIS
•ground-truthing
exercises in urban land-
scape, Charlottetown




                                                    http://niche-canada.org/geowatch
Teaching: GeoWATCH
      Geospatial Workshops in Atlantic Canadian History
      At Dalhousie University’s College of Sustainability and Department of History,
                                 Halifax, NS, October 2011

•learning historical GIS
•ground-truthing in
Grand Pre salt marsh




                                                      http://niche-canada.org/geowatch
Teaching: Environmental History
              Env 309: Environmental History and PEI
           University of Prince Edward Island’s Environmental Studies Program
                             UPEI, Charlottetown, PE, Fall 2011
                                                                     http://environment.upei.ca/




field trips to salt
marshes, Acadian forest,
urban landscapes




                             mobile mapping brings historical land use maps into the field
Coasts                           socio-cultural values map, Stanhope, PEI



   under stress
training people, building capacity
•helping communities map
social and cultural values
 http://discoveryspace.upei.ca/vmp/

•designing tools for climate
change adaptation
http://vertigo.revues.org/10644
Coasts
   under stress
training people, building capacity
•mobilizing historical data
http://niche-canada.org/geowatch
•historical map learning guides
http://www.islandimagined.ca/guides



       taking static
       maps like this…
         Malpeque or “Richmond” Bay
         George Bayfield, 1845
… and producing accessible and
dynamic community resources:




Malpeque or “Richmond” Bay
                                          mobile map of Malpeque
George Bayfield, 1845 – on Google Earth
                                          coastline showing erosion
identifying long-run changes in coastal…




                                          sand dune erosion and reclamation since 1845




‘mussel mud’ digging for soil treatment
tracing historical land cover and land use change…
and identifying the roots of disturbance




                        Source: MacFadyen and Glen, forthcoming 2012
making environmental history accessible,
interpreting the data for communities




                                                                 mobile map of historic and
 1935 topo map, Orwell, PEI, presented as an overlay on Google   current woodlots, homes,
                                                                 properties and streams
measuring the early adoption of fossil fuels…
…and the areas that experienced biomass energy shortages




                             Homes and forests,
                             shading = fuel shortage
                             Lot 43, PEI, 1935
urban landscapes, planning, and cultural mapping




Panoramic View of Charlottetown, PEI (1878)
urban landscapes, planning, and cultural mapping
                                          …by design




Aerial Oblique , Charlottetown, PEI
thank-you for your interest

                for more information contact:




Josh MacFadyen , PhD
902-388-1283
jmacfad@uwo.ca
joshmacfadyen@gmail.com

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Josh MacFadyen, PhD, research profile

  • 1. new research in environment, historical GIS and digital media Josh MacFadyen research, consultation, design Josh MacFadyen, PhD jmacfad@uwo.ca
  • 2. locating my research and experience environmental history and other geospatial projects mapping frontier crops and land use patterns social and cultural values mapping; climate change adaptation research in early childhood development (RECD) ‘the fertile crescent’ - managing PEI soil and estuaries GeoWatch: Geospatial Workshops in Atlantic Canadian History ‘hewers of wood’ - biomass energy in Eastern Canada
  • 4. Teaching: a Time and a Place  environmental histories of Prince Edward Island, conference at UPEI, Charlottetown, June 2010 •co-organized speakers and field trips •taught environmental history http://niche-canada.org/pei2010
  • 5. Teaching: GIS for community planning and cultural mapping With ARCIS Patagonia University in Chiloe and the Williche Council of Chiefs Chiloe, Chile, February 2011 •international development •liaising with NGOs, local governments, communities, indigenous groups •teaching GIS for socio-cultural values mapping •expanding Island Studies programs
  • 6. Teaching: GeoWATCH Geospatial Workshops in Atlantic Canadian History At the NiCHE Canadian History and Environment Summer School, St. Andrews, NB, May 2011 •learning historical GIS •ground-truthing exercises in St Andrews salt marsh, golf course, & urban landscape http://niche-canada.org/geowatch
  • 7. Teaching: GeoWATCH Geospatial Workshops in Atlantic Canadian History At the University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, October 2011 •learning historical GIS •ground-truthing exercises in urban land- scape, Charlottetown http://niche-canada.org/geowatch
  • 8. Teaching: GeoWATCH Geospatial Workshops in Atlantic Canadian History At Dalhousie University’s College of Sustainability and Department of History, Halifax, NS, October 2011 •learning historical GIS •ground-truthing in Grand Pre salt marsh http://niche-canada.org/geowatch
  • 9. Teaching: Environmental History Env 309: Environmental History and PEI University of Prince Edward Island’s Environmental Studies Program UPEI, Charlottetown, PE, Fall 2011 http://environment.upei.ca/ field trips to salt marshes, Acadian forest, urban landscapes mobile mapping brings historical land use maps into the field
  • 10. Coasts socio-cultural values map, Stanhope, PEI under stress training people, building capacity •helping communities map social and cultural values http://discoveryspace.upei.ca/vmp/ •designing tools for climate change adaptation http://vertigo.revues.org/10644
  • 11. Coasts under stress training people, building capacity •mobilizing historical data http://niche-canada.org/geowatch •historical map learning guides http://www.islandimagined.ca/guides taking static maps like this… Malpeque or “Richmond” Bay George Bayfield, 1845
  • 12. … and producing accessible and dynamic community resources: Malpeque or “Richmond” Bay mobile map of Malpeque George Bayfield, 1845 – on Google Earth coastline showing erosion
  • 13. identifying long-run changes in coastal… sand dune erosion and reclamation since 1845 ‘mussel mud’ digging for soil treatment
  • 14. tracing historical land cover and land use change…
  • 15. and identifying the roots of disturbance Source: MacFadyen and Glen, forthcoming 2012
  • 16. making environmental history accessible, interpreting the data for communities mobile map of historic and 1935 topo map, Orwell, PEI, presented as an overlay on Google current woodlots, homes, properties and streams
  • 17. measuring the early adoption of fossil fuels…
  • 18. …and the areas that experienced biomass energy shortages Homes and forests, shading = fuel shortage Lot 43, PEI, 1935
  • 19. urban landscapes, planning, and cultural mapping Panoramic View of Charlottetown, PEI (1878)
  • 20. urban landscapes, planning, and cultural mapping …by design Aerial Oblique , Charlottetown, PEI
  • 21. thank-you for your interest for more information contact: Josh MacFadyen , PhD 902-388-1283 jmacfad@uwo.ca joshmacfadyen@gmail.com