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Tania Allen

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Tania Allen - Tania Allen - Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Associate Professor

Engaging Communities with Participatory Modeling, Critical Cartography

Media Arts, Design and Technology

919-515-8359 Website

Bio

Tania uses geospatial analytics and critical cartography to investigate equity and access in the build environment, especially related to urban development and affordable housing. She combines strategies and methods drawn from anthropology, action research, placemaking and participatory design to “thicken” the way that geospatial data is visualized. Other interests include critical mapping as a participatory research tool, and examining the history and roots of the housing crisis and the way that issues of equity and social justice are manifest in the built environment. Tania is the co-director of the design research group co-lab, which focuses on critical mapping as a participatory design research tool.

Tania works with graduate students on large-scale issues of housing and urban development in the course DIY Cartography.

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