Digital Storytelling and Mapping Portal

This collection contains links to digital storytelling websites/exhibits, timelines, and mapping tools created by Furman University students, faculty, staff, and departments. Each record below provides basic information about the digital storytelling website with a link. Many of these were created in ESRI's ArcGIS StoryMaps platform.

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Furman Campus Sustainability Tour

Shi Institute for Sustainable Communities

This exhibit, created using ArcGIS StoryMaps, provides a unique virtual tour of the sustainability features of Furman University's campus.
Greenville County 2022 Election Turnout

Mike Winiski and S. Anderson

This site, created using ArcGIS StoryMaps, provides mapping data related to voter turnout during the 2022 election in Greenville County. The site was commissioned by Greater Good Greenville.
Greenville County Food Insecurity Index

Mike Winiski and Catherine Lippert

This site, created using ArcGIS StoryMaps, provides mapping data related to food insecurity within Greenville County, South Carolina.

This project was a partnership between Furman University's Shi Institute for Sustainable Communities, Furman University's Institute for the Advancement of Community Health (IACH), and LiveWell Greenville.
Healthy Neighborhood Environments

Catherine Lippert and Morgan Hughey

This site, created using ArcGIS StoryMaps, provides contextual information, data, and maps related to healthy neighborhoods.

This is a collaboration between Furman University's Shi Institute for Sustainable Communities, LiveWell Greenville, Furman University's Institute for the Advancement of Community Health, and the College of Charleston's Department of Health and Human Performance.
LGBTQ+ Historical Sites Research: The Castle

Ashly Dookie, Sam Hayes, Derrick Gunter, and Nick Radel

This digital humanities project, created using ArcGIS StoryMaps, aims to rediscover LGBTQ+ History in Upstate South Carolina by focusing on establishments that were created for or owned by LGBTQ+ people.
LGBTQIA+ @Furman Timeline

Nashieli Marcano and Jeffrey Makala

This timeline, created using ArcGIS StoryMaps, highlights historical milestones and events that advanced the rights and experiences of our LGBTQIA+ community on the campus of Furman University.
Mapping Housing Inequities

Shi Institute for Sustainable Communities, Sam Hayes, Catherine Lippert, Mike Winiski, and Ken Kolb

This site, created using ArcGIS StoryMaps, provides mapping data related to racially restrictive covenant usage in Greenville County from 1900 - 1968.
M. Judson Booksellers

Rosemary Cruse, Ashlyn Pisciotta, and Caroline Wissig

This exhibit, created using ArcGIS StoryMaps, focuses on the Old Courthouse Building in Greenville, SC which is now M. Judson Booksellers.
Racial Displacement in Greenville, SC

Ken Kolb, Mike Winiski, Sam Hayes, and Catherine Lippert

This site, created using ArcGIS StoryMaps, is an exploration of historic and current population shifts in the City of Greenville and surrounding Greenville County.
Rural Change Diagnostic Tool

Ken Kolb and Shi Institute for Sustainable Communities

This site, created as an ArcGIS visualization, seeks to measure and map rural gentrification using a diagnostic screening tool. This site include a research brief titled "Measuring and Mapping Rural Gentrification" by Ken Kolb, a guide on using the tool, and a map with areas of interest dating from 2014-2021.
The Cherrydale House

Kylie Jensen, Caroline Fults, and Callie Oliveira

This exhibit, created using ArcGIS StoryMaps, focuses on the Cherrydale House, the plantation owned by the University's first president, James C. Furman.
The Gassaway Mansion

Kaitlin Berry, Callie Harper, and Sally Newbold

This exhibit, created using ArcGIS StoryMaps, focuses on the Gassaway Mansion, the largest private home in the state of South Carolina located in Greenville, SC.
The Roe Art Building

Emily Baxter, Rebecca Cowles, Olivia Morett, and Luke Shiflett

This exhibit, created using ArcGIS StoryMaps, delves into the history of Furman University's Roe Art Building, the elements of its design, and the current use of the building.
Untold Journeys: Exploring Furman and Greenville's Connections with Asia

Eli Kibler, Eva Kiser, and Kylie Fisher

This digital humanities project, created using ArcGIS StoryMaps, aims to advance the understanding of the contributions of Asian and Asian American individuals and their families at Furman University and in Greenville.
Wyche Pavilion

Izzy Pippen, Kayla Moses, and Carly Hart

This exhibit, created using ArcGIS StoryMaps, focuses on the Wyche Pavilion located along the Reedy River in downtown Greenville, SC.