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and Communication Technical and Scientific Communication Award in the category of Best Article on Pedagogy or Curriculum in Technical or Scientific Communication for the work. In addition to the North Woods project, the DWELL Lab currently is collaborating with a team of community members at URI and descendants of Block Island’s Indigenous and African American inhabitants to preserve its history on the island, as well as working with Roger Williams Park to communicate its storm water initiatives. Additionally, DWELL is also providing communication support to URI’s Sources, Transport, Exposure & Effects (STEEP), a research initiative exploring the environmental impacts of chemical contaminants called PFAS. BY COMBINING SCIENTIFIC, ARTISTIC, AND CULTURAL INFORMATION, DIGITAL DEEP MAPPING HELPS COMMUNICATE A COMPREHENSIVE, MEANINGFUL SENSE OF PLACE. “What I’m interested in is forging these connections as a transdisciplinary researcher in order to better communicate,” Jones says. “I think attention to place is a very vital part of our communicative environments. And it’s one that digital technology is only really beginning to acknowledge and lean into.”

“I think attention to place is a very vital part of our communicative environments. And it’s one that digital technology is only really beginning to acknowledge and lean into.”

- Madison Jones

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