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Defining the Undefined: Art, Education, Technology, and the Mapping of Ourselves

2022 Mid-America College Art Association Virtual Conference

Hosted by Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

March 31 - April 2, 2022


As artists we draw maps, imperfect translations of the world we interact with that function as a tool for others to better understand where they situate themselves within this world. As educators we design road maps for students to find their bearings, to set a course, then to pick up where our maps leave off and continue discovering new terrains. Technology is the means in which we generate these maps. New advancements in technology generate new understandings of the maps that define us, both physically and metaphysically. It is undeniable there are still many maps to be drawn that will both solidify and complicate how we understand ourselves in relation to each other and the space we inhabit now and in the future. We invite artists, educators, historians, writers, scientists, and any other professionals to submit proposals that engage with the technological, psychological, social, political, and experimental practice of mapping as it relates to the way in which we understand the spaces we occupy.

Given the challenges educators, students, and institutions are currently facing, we are particularly interested in sessions that address timely topics relevant to the changing landscape of art, technology, and education, as well as those which consider mapping in relation to cognitive, emotional, and health-based applications.


2022 MACAA Virtual Conference

  • Thu, March 31, 2022
  • 12:00 AM
  • Sat, April 02, 2022
  • 11:59 PM

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Welcome to the 2022 Mid-America College Art Association Virtual Conference! 

March 31- April 2, 2022

“Defining the Undefined: Art, Education, Technology, and the Mapping of Ourselves”

As artists, we draw maps, imperfect translations of the world. We interact with that function as a tool for others to better understand where they situate themselves within this world. As educators, we design road maps for students to find their bearings, to set a course. Then, to pick up where our maps have left off to continue discovering new terrains. Technology is the means by which we generate these maps. How will advancements in technology continue to initiate new understandings of these maps? How does mapping define us, both physically and metaphysically? Given the challenges educators, students, and institutions are currently facing, we are particularly interested in sessions that address timely topics relevant to the changing landscape of art, technology, and education, as well as those which consider mapping in relation to cognitive, emotional, and health-based applications. It is undeniable there are still many maps to be drawn that will both solidify and complicate how we understand ourselves in relation to each other and the space we inhabit now and in the future. 

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