Jack Swab @jswab_geog Twitter profile

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

3 months

It’s official! I’m moving to Knoxville! Starting August 1, I’ll be joining @UTKGeography as a tenure-track Assistant Professor!

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Jack Swab

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3 years

Happy Halloween?

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Jack Swab

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3 years

Very excited to be teaching my own class for the first time for @ukgeog ! Looking forward to talking about all sort of human geography topics from Waffle House to gerrymandering to gay bars!

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Jack Swab

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4 years

Excited to start in this important role!!

American Association of Geographers

@theAAG

4 years

We wholeheartedly welcome John “Jack” Swab, University of Kentucky, @jswab_geog , as the new AAG Student Councilor! The AAG Student Councilor represents the interests of student members of the AAG who make up close to 40% of AAG membership. @AAG_Undergrads

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Jack Swab

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2 years

If you’re in the Lexington KY area come on out to hear my talk on 2/17! There will be free food!

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

1 year

So happy to see @theAAG working on this! It’s not perfect (nothing ever is) but it’s a significant step forward for us an an org—one that I hope we continue for future conferences

Rebecca Lave

@RebeccaLave

1 year

Worried about the 2024 AAG conference in Hawai'i? Here's an update on what @theAAG is doing to address concerns about cost, climate impacts, and Indigenous sovereignty, and to build a much more locally-engaged model for future annual meetings.

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Jack Swab

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5 years

Excited to start this position on July 1! HMU with any suggestions you have for improving the AAG

UK Geography

@ukgeog

5 years

Kudos to @jswab_geog for being elected the student councilor of @theAAG !

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

4 years

Can’t state it much clearer than this. If any international students need assistance, feel free to dm me and I’ll assist the best I can

American Association of Geographers

@theAAG

4 years

International students in the U.S. must be afforded the right to pursue their education on U.S. soil without interruption. Our statement:

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Jack Swab

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4 years

Look at this big photo of my face!

American Association of Geographers

@theAAG

4 years

Students also have their own Student Councilor to represent their voice on the AAG Council. Jack Swab ( @jswab_geog ), both a PhD student in geography and a MS student in Library Science at @universityofky , will be Student Councilor until 2022! @GSAG_AAG @AAGUndergrads

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Jack Swab

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4 years

# of puzzle pieces completed: 1,000 # of words of thesis written: 0

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Jack Swab

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4 years

The cartography in this election is especially disappointing. So many different ways that some of this data could be presented (esp. with mail in votes, percent counted, etc) yet we get stuck in the red/blue binary...

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Jack Swab

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4 years

forgot to post this weekend thrift shop find...only 8 bucks for this c.1994 map of Silicon Valley!

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Jack Swab

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6 years

Yay cartography! #nacis2018

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Jack Swab

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6 years

@BillPLim @CAL_FIRE Also where did these states come from

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

8 months

Curious about how we might reenvision of geography’s cherished institutions? Check out our article on reforming World Geography Bowl!

Cultural Geography

@CulturalGeogSG

8 months

✨Publication Spotlight✨ Bethany Craig @abethanymethod , Jack Swab @jswab_geog , and Jed DeBruin just published a paper "Bowling for Better: Reforming World Geography Bowl to Create a More Inclusive Geography" in the @theaag Professional Geographer.

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Jack Swab

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4 years

She looks like a grouch but she’s the sweet kitty I’ve ever met. Say hi to Ellie!! 😻

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

6 years

Wanna know more about this curious item and its impact on cartography? Come to the Cartographic History session at #NACIS2018 tomorrow at 2 or watch here: !

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Jack Swab

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2 years

Super excited to be running this with @itspangler for @theAAG ! Thinking through the hows/whys of research & writing seems pedantic but once you start you realize how many of processes get in the way doing work. It’ll be a nice mix between therapy and practical solutions too!

Ian Spangler

@itspangler

2 years

this summer, @jswab_geog and I are excited to lead a working group for @theAAG on philosophies & principles of research, writing, and spatial data management: we'll explore why we lean on certain comforts and affordances that make doing scholarship feel "right" or "wrong"...

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Jack Swab

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4 years

Kitty in the sun ☀️

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Jack Swab

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4 years

Consider this your semi-annual reminder to rotate and flip your mattress. Happy Sunday

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Jack Swab

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3 years

Second day of teaching #humangeo for @ukgeog ! Talking about the syllabus today—pretty boring stuff but hopefully the students will appreciate the flexibility I built into the course 🤞🏻

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Jack Swab

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4 years

I’m sorry to say that I wasn’t inducted into geography this way...

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Jack Swab

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6 years

Excited to finally have this published! Read more about surveying in Northeastern PA here:

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Jack Swab

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6 years

Had an amazing time at #NACIS2018 !! Uploaded my presentation to my website, slides available below. Thx to @redgeographics @HarrisonCCole @mon2ier @geo_coe and Judy Tyner for a great session on cartographic history!

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

27 days

This piece has made some waves in certain corners of the discipline…but I’m glad to be making some productive trouble with @abethanymethod and Jed!

American Association of Geographers

@theAAG

28 days

The World Geography Bowl is an integral event of regional and national meetings that boost participation among geography students. @abethanymethod , @jswab_geog , and DeBruin propose changes to make the event a more inclusive community-building activity.

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Jack Swab

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6 years

It’s up! Have fun watching my #nacis2018 presentation on early 3D mapping! Thanks to @wilsonism @mon2ier for their assistance on the presentation and for @NACIS for putting on such a great conference and hosting the videos!

The Model 501 Spatial Data Plotter: Making the Digital, Physical in...

The Model 501 Spatial Data Plotter: Making the Digital, Physical in the Mid-Twentieth CenturyPresenter: John Swab, University of KentuckyFrom globes to raise...

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Jack Swab

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6 years

Super excited that my book review of @mon2ier latest book on patents is out with Cartographic Perspectives!

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

6 years

Super exciting find! Some of the earliest known Sanborn Maps for Grand Rapids, MI (1874/1878)

Grand Rapids maps from 1870s found in Heritage Hill home

The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps from 1874 and 1878 were found in a house in the 300 block of Paris Avenue SE in Grand Rapids.

www.mlive.com

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

4 years

Excellent way to help reduce expenses of some of the most marginal members of the discipline! Nice work @theAAG

GSAG AAG

@gsag_aag

4 years

(1/2) ATTN Current @theAAG Members! You may be eligible for a one-year membership fee renewal waiver if you are: ▫️Undergraduate students ( @AAG_Undergrads ) ▫️Graduate students (‼️) ▫️Postdocs ▫️Member w/ income <= $25,000 ▫️Member of one of the "AAG Developing Regions"

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Jack Swab

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3 years

An incredibly difficult and sad decision to have to make. . . but it’s what’s best for the AAG, the @theAAG staff, and many of our members Fingers crossed for 2023!!

American Association of Geographers

@theAAG

3 years

With close consideration of the latest information surrounding COVID-19 in mind, AAG has made the decision to convert #AAG2022 to an entirely virtual event. More about our decision and our programming here

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Jack Swab

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6 years

Early embossed map of the Eastern hemisphere c. 1894 with Braille for blind student @APHfortheBlind in Louisville!

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

7 years

Was fortunate enough to take in the new Gordon Matta-Clark exhibit @BronxMuseum ; it's a thought-provoking curation that pushes the viewer to think about the many uses of urban space But don't just take my word for it, read the review by @robertasmithnyt :

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

4 years

Some of us are being very productive today...

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

5 years

Yes this is totally unacceptable @theAAG should add indigenous and POC folks to this panel ASAP

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

4 years

does anyone have a listing of “abandoned” geography journals? trying to compile a list of journals that either went out of print or radically changed in their outlook

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

4 years

Retweeting this for posterity.

Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

4 years

Already have a student who tested positive.... and we are 2 days into the semester....

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

2 years

So excited to be a part of this!!

lily houtman

@lilyhoutman

2 years

Make sure to attend my panel (co-run with my friend F.M. Kim) on "Finding Queerness in GIS and Cartography" this Thursday at AAG in Denver! (with @gdouglassjaimes , @jswab_geog , and Eric Robsky Huntley)!

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

6 years

Happy first day of class everyone!

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

6 years

Ahhh would love to go to this and see other geographers there!!

Am Phil Society

@AmPhilSociety

6 years

#CFP : The APS Library is now accepting paper proposals for its fall conference, “The Power of Maps and the Politics of Borders.” Apply by March 15:

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Jack Swab

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2 years

@katrinamakes @ukgeog Just making sure, this isn’t an April fools joke right?! 🤪

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

7 years

Excited to read this book! Looks to be fascinating. Published by @UChicagoPress

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Jack Swab

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7 months

@TeeBeeGEO thanks for the support @TeeBeeGEO —glad it’s not just us who feel this way! lots of more inclusive ways to build community @abethanymethod

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Jack Swab

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4 years

@DeondreSmiles Agree. Also I think it requires geographers to think about what roles of leadership look like in the AAG. The current model was designed to be explicitly “apolitical” needs to change

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

4 years

Happy to play a small role in helping keep this space going

DOPE

@DOPEUKY

4 years

To our Dimensions of Political Ecology community:

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Jack Swab

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6 years

@wilsonism It’s a phrase—Curators of Cartographic Curiosities. Or if over 30 maps, the Anti-Marie Kondo Curators of Cartographic Curiosities

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

5 years

@mattzook can we stop with the political campaigning? Really don’t like seeing @wilsonism ’s face when I gotta go

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

5 years

Share widely!

DOPE

@DOPEUKY

5 years

Are you an underrepresented junior scholar (graduate or undergraduate student)? Apply for the DOPE Underrepresented Student Scholars Award Pilot Program!!

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Jack Swab

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7 years

No one can ever doubt @lenstervenster and mines dedication to urban geography. We just shoved half and inch of snow just to go drive around Baltimore

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

7 years

Beautiful map of #NYC drawn by @SanbornMap c. 1919 showing warehouses in Manhattan, Hoboken, and the Bronx. Additional volumes came out in 1921 and 1928 according to copyright deposit at @LOCMaps Available at:

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

5 years

@Miss__maps The irony of it all is the he doesn’t need to do this at all...he’s emeritus! Also, this is going to be an 18 months CRISIS. Its not like we are gonna wash our hands of this in a few weeks...

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Jack Swab

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6 years

@MapesGeog And like 3 historic buildings... gotta pull out the ol’ Sanborn maps

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

3 years

Wish it coulda been true…

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

6 years

For everyone who hates their landlord and any undergrads trying to understand housing discrimination in their urban geog class, here’s Josh Whites ‘Landlord’

Landlord

Song · Josh White · 1998

open.spotify.com

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Jack Swab

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3 years

@en_dash Also the one female plastic surgeon depicted was the first one ever licensed—

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Jack Swab

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5 years

@HarrisonCCole Is there an ICC cartography fashion competition? If not there should be

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Jack Swab

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8 months

@thenycsubwaymap Yes!!

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Jack Swab

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4 years

@lkmcelfresh_ My presentation put her to sleep!

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

6 years

@karen_ec_levy @jgieseking this is what I was talking about Friday!

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

4 years

Already have a student who tested positive.... and we are 2 days into the semester....

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

6 years

@aspiringvalue @Craig_McDermott Thanks so much!

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@jswab_geog

4 years

@sid_feinberg Woohoo! Excited to see you (hopefully in person) soon!

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@jswab_geog

5 years

@gut_ethics @ukgeog @SperandioElisa May the spirit of UK geography live on wherever it is valued!

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4 years

@IAmDylanLewis 😻

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1 year

@RebeccaLave @theAAG I’m excited for the future! I think these are all great changes (and appreciate the leadership you’re showing on this front!)

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Jack Swab

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7 years

Had a great time @OUHumanities Fellow Forum on indigenous sovereignty lead by Dr. Kim Marshall of @OUAnthropology this afternoon

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Jack Swab

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3 years

@katfnan You should check out the New York public library—totally free, great architecture, and they have an amazing map library

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4 years

@xoxoMattyBoy Some sane folks in NJ are keeping them

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Jack Swab

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7 years

@psugeography thought you might like video Pierce Lewis made with PBS on the PA cultural landscape in 1983

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Jack Swab

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6 years

@BillPLim @cartoaag So exited for you! Looking forward to seeing what you do

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3 years

@DexterFergie Yes! So valuable, even if they aren’t written by someone famous (and oftentimes it’s more interesting too!)

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Jack Swab

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7 months

@UTKGeography So excited to be here!!! 🟠⚪️

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

6 years

Worlds are colliding!! @wilsonism

OU Dept. of Geography & ES

@OUDGES

6 years

Monday!

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Jack Swab

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6 years

Great talk by @jonathanileib on the connection between license plates, cartography, and nationalism at #NACIS2018 !

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Jack Swab

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6 years

Great to hang with other OU geographers this past week!!! #AAG2018 @OUDGES

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2 years

@nethmisachy @theAAG @gfasg_aag Sorry I missed it—bet those policy recommendations were stellar though!

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Jack Swab

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7 years

Nice to be home after a great combined conference hosted by SW @theAAG and @TexasMapSociety !

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Jack Swab

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4 years

@jpbrasher I’m sure @ass_deans would like to have a word with you

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

6 years

Progress, one step at a time!

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Jack Swab

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6 years

@EGonzaba @jgieseking just like you said!

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Jack Swab

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6 years

Also more than 3 older Sanborn maps exist: multiple volumes for Boston 1868/1869, multiple volumes for Chicago early 1870s, and probable maps for Williamsport PA, Buffalo NY, and somewhere in Nebraska. Reguardless still a BIG find!

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Jack Swab

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6 years

@John_M_Nelson @wilsonism @e_clance is this going in the paper?!?

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Jack Swab

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4 years

@kaibosworth I have a lot of thoughts about this...all of them start with “yikes”

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Jack Swab

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3 years

Hey @theAAG is the session entitled “locational information and the public interest” cancelled? I can’t find it in the session list anymore and the link is dead!

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Jack Swab

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4 years

@JessiBreen @univofkentucky Yep, I though the same thing. Disappointing...

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3 months

@ShamayetaB @UTKGeography Thank you!! Hopefully I’ll see you in Atlanta for @imgs2024 !

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Jack Swab

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6 years

Came across & scanned this fascinating debate over what historical geography was in the early 1970s—some big names in here and issues that haven’t gone away...

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Jack Swab

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5 years

@arabysmyth I saw that too. Someone wasn’t thinking clearly!

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2 months

@EcoAndrewTRC @sotmus Great talk!!! I loved your observation about distinctive maps and the decline of usable information

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Jack Swab

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7 years

Oops, looks like @UofOklahoma forgot to pay last months electric bill

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Jack Swab

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4 years

@annelisestraw Excited to (hopefully) see you on campus soon!

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Jack Swab

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3 years

@PatrickLawren20 Totally agree! And no disrespect taken at all

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Jack Swab

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3 years

@dhkaplanoh @PatrickLawren20 @zgmallett @kwaters126 @theAAG @NASEMTRB As someone who was actually in the council meeting, many different factors were considered in deciding to go virtual. It does the @theAAG council a disservice to assert otherwise.

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Jack Swab

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3 years

@mhedney Perfect reminder that I have something to post there!!

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5 years

@adamjmclain

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6 years

@BillPLim Oh no 🙈

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6 years

@ProBirdRights @RothrockBrandon 😂😂

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

4 years

@sbenkorsh I just committed to using zotero full time—I’ve actually written out a fairly (?) detailed workflow about how I use too if that’s useful. Also I remember all of those filing cabinets from my visit!

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Jack Swab

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4 years

@librarian_lena Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it as much as I did presenting it!

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Jack Swab

@jswab_geog

6 years

@paigecmorgan @sclayton29 @profpurcell I think it was you who talked about wanting to look at the ways airlines marketed place... this might be super useful!

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Jack Swab

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3 years

@mlferoli They are SO dedicated. I tore some down and they were back up an hour later 😤

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