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Research
I study the paradigms that guide academic cartography and how these paradigms construct the discipline of cartography.
My dissertation studies map aesthetics through textbooks. Come back later for updated information about the project, including the launch of a website dedicated to the aesthetics project.
Peer-reviewed Publications
Nestel, C. 2022. Theorizing “Really Good Maps”: Cartography and Aesthetic Philosophy. International Journal of Cartography (invited MS under review)
Bley, K., Caldwell, K., Kelly, M., Lloyd, J., Roth, R.E., Andersen, T., Bonds, A., Plevin, J., Madison, D., Spencer, C., Sims, T., Archuleta, C., Ellner, Z., McDowell, T., Nestel, C., Noterman, E., Smith, N., Velednitsky, S., Underwood, N., Darlington, R., Gao, Y., George, A., Miller, L., Prestby, T., Vongkusolkit, J., 2021. “A Design Challenge for Transforming Justice.” GeoHumanities 8 (1), 344-365. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/2373566X.2021.1986100
Roth, R.E., Nestel, C. et al. 2020. “Madison and Vicinity: A Tangible Map Quilt.” Cartographic Perspectives, 95, 50-56. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14714/CP95.1615
*Nestel, C. 2019. “Designing an Experience: Signs and Maps at the Archaeological Site of Ancient Troy.” Cartographic Perspectives, 94, 25-47. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14714/CP94.1504
Nestel, C. 2019. Aesthetics and Design. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge(1st Quarter 2019 Edition), John P. Wilson (Ed.).DOI: https://doi.org/10.22224/gistbok/2019.4.14
Roth, R.E., Young, S., Nestel, C., et al. 2018. “Global Landscapes: Teaching Globalization through Responsive Mobile Map Design.” The Professional Geographer, 395-411. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2017.1416297
* Awarded Best Cartographic Perspectives Student Paper 2019
Map Publications
Nestel, C. 2016. Monsters of the United States . In the Atlas of Design, Volume 3., eds. S.V. Matthews, M.E. Elmer, and V.W. Mason. NACIS.
Dooley, M., Bergs, D., Bergs, M., Blatz, J., Brewer, C., Ferzoco, J., Genzmer, D., Glowa, K., Harling, S., Henrick, C., Hoover, D., Kallusky, B., Link, A., Martinelli, N., Nepp, A., Nestel, C., Rader, C., Stallman, T., Valadares, D., Wolf, S., Wood, P., 2016. Mississippi River . In the Atlas of Design, Volume 3., eds. S.V. Matthews, M.E. Elmer, and V.W. Mason. NACIS.
Peer-reviewed extended abstracts
"Theorizing “Really Good Maps” : Cartography and Aesthetic Philosophy.” | Eurocarto 2022
“Aesthetics in Cartographic Epistemology.” | ICC 202I
“Designing an Experience: Maps and Signs at the Archaeological Site of Ancient Troy.” | ICC 2017
General
“Art as Experimental Cartographic Method: Seeing and Unseeing.” | AAG 2023 Panel Submission
"The Scarlet Letter 'A'" | NACIS 2022
“Designing WI Standards and Curriculum for K-5 Cartography Education.” | AAG 2022 Presenting Author
“Mapping is for Everyone.” | ICC 2021 Art and Cartography ‘Future of Art and Cartography’ Pre-Conference Workshop
“Design and Aesthetics in the GIS&T Body of Knowledge.” | NACIS 2018
“Sum.” | ICC 2017 Art and Cartography Pre-Conference Workshop
“Cartography as ‘Self-Ethnography’: Mapping Memory and Emotion.” | AGS 2017 Invited Presentation
“Designing an Experience” Maps and Signs at Troy.” | AAG 2016
“The Maps and Geographies of Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature” | AAG 2016 Panel Discussant
“Designing an Experience: Maps, Signage, and the Tourist Path through Troy.” | NACIS 2015
“Global Madison.” | NACIS 2014 Presenting Author
“The Romanization of the Etruscans: A Geography of Cultural Assimilation.” | AAG 2013
“The National Map: Proposed Updates to Parks and Cultural Layers.” | USGS 2012
"Placement of You-Are-Here Maps: An Empirical Study using Multiple Approaches.” | NACIS 2012 Presenting Author