Immersive In-Person Institute Program

July 10th - July 16th
For more information about the in-person portion of the NEH Community Deep Mapping explore our Questions & Answers and Our Host Community webpages.
Thursday, July 10th:​ In-person Orientation & the State of Deep Mapping
Morning Session: (Laurium Manor Inn)
  • 9:00am Welcome/Introductions, Overview of Schedule (Project Directors)
  • 10:00am Walk to Calumet
Lunch: 11:30am Pasties @ Keweenaw National Historical Park Visitor's Center
  • Intro to immersive mobile deep mapping with KeTT Mobile
Afternoon Session: (Calumet and Laurium Manor Inn)
  • 12:30-2:30pm Deep Mapping in National Parks with Calumet Unit- Keweenaw National Historical Park (Sarah, James)
  • 3:00-5:00pm: Roundtable discussion with David Bodenhamer and Marla Miller about the state of deep mapping and its impacts to public history and communities.
Orienteering Happy Hour: 5:00-6:00pm Reflections and Wayfinding (Laurium Manor Inn)
Evening/Dinner: 6:30pm Bonfire @ Lafreniere’s
Friday, July 11: Deep Mapping Foundations Workshop I- Modeling Environments
Morning Session: (Geospatial Research Facility, Great Lakes Research Center 316 & 322)
  • 9:00am Introduction and tech check in Geospatial Research Facility
  • Constructing Historical Environments in GIS: Vector frameworks (Project Directors and Staff)
    • Creating vector representations of the built and natural environment (building footprints, infrastructure features, natural environments layers etc)
Lunch: 12:30-1:30pm KeTT Bingo Activity and food on your own in Houghton
Afternoon Session: (Geospatial Research Facility, Great Lakes Research Center 316 & 322)
  • 1:30-4:30pm Project development and consultations (Project Directors and Staff)
Orienteering Happy Hour: 5:00-6:00pm Reflections and Wayfinding (Laurium Manor Inn)
Evening/Dinner: Dinner on own and Lake Superior Beaches
Saturday, July 12: Deep Mapping Foundations Workshop II- Peopling the Landscape
Morning Session: (Geospatial Research Facility, Great Lakes Research Center 316 & 322)
  • 9:00am: Constructing Historical Social Environments in GIS: Geocoding Data (Project Directors and Staff)
Lunch: 12:00-1:00pm On own in Houghton
Afternoon Session: (Geospatial Research Facility, Great Lakes Research Center 316 & 322)
  • 1:00-4:00pm Project development and consultations (Project Directors and Staff)
Orienteering Happy Hour: 4:30-5:30pm Reflections and Wayfinding (Laurium Manor Inn)
Evening/Dinner: Strawberry Festival in Chassell / or Lake Superior Beaches
Sunday, July 13: Deep Mapping Foundations Workshop III - Linking Data Across Time and Space
Morning Session: (Geospatial Research Facility, Great Lakes Research Center 316 & 322)
  • 9:00am Workshop utilizing regional data and IPUMS census data to show creating spatio-temporal linked data for HSDIs. (Project Directors and Staff)
Lunch: 12:30-1:30pm On own in Houghton
Afternoon Session: (Geospatial Research Facility, Great Lakes Research Center 316 & 322)
  • 1:30-4:30 Project development and consultations (Project Directors and Staff)
Orienteering Happy Hour: 5:00-6:00pm Reflections and Wayfinding (Laurium Manor Inn)
Evening/Dinner: 6:00pm Regional Soups, breads, salads @ Laurium Manor Inn
Monday, July 14: Augmented Mobile Technologies for Next Generation Deep Mapping
Morning Session: (Geospatial Research Facility, Great Lakes Research Center 316 & 322)
  • 9-11am Project Development and Consultations (Project Directors)
Lunch: 11:00-Noon
Afternoon Session: (Various Sites)
  • Noon-1:15pm Project Development and Consultations (Project Directors and Staff) 
  • T 1:30-4:30pm Quincy Underground Copper Mine Tours (1:30pm and 2:15pm start times) (Grace Griffin and Project Directors)
Orienteering Happy Hour: 5:00-6:00pm Reflections and Wayfinding (Laurium Manor Inn)
Evening/Dinner: 6:00pm Cookout at Laurium Manor Inn.
Evening Discussion: 7:30pm Augmented and Virtual Reality Deep Mapping with Ed Gonzalez-Tennant
Tuesday, July 15: Developing Deep Mapping Best Practices
Breakfast 
  • 8:30am Sensitivity and Ethical Issues with Mapping Archeological Sites, Traditional Cultural Places and Landscapes (Sarah Surface-Evans)
Morning Session: (Laurium Manor Inn)
  • 9am Sensitivity and Ethical Issues with Mapping Archeological Sites, Traditional Cultural Places and Landscapes (Sarah Surface-Evans)
  • 9:30-11:30am Paper outline development for deep mapping best practices
Lunch: TBD
  • Pack to go!
Afternoon Session: (Keweenaw County Touring) Evening/Dinner: 6:00pm Harbor Haus Restaurant
Wednesday, July 16: Institute Evaluation and Wrap-Up
Breakfast Discussion
  • 8:30am How can your state SHPO office support you? (Sarah Surface-Evans)​
Morning Session: (Laurium Manor Inn)
  • 10:00am-Noon  Reflections and Evaluations of Institute
Lunch: Noon
Afternoon: Fellows Depart and open discussion/lab time if desired

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