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SUMMARY:The Rylands Lunchtime Seminar Series: Maps and Magic in the Manch
 ester Geographical Society Collections
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online lunchtime seminar uncovering contrastin
 g sides of Victorian exploration. Brian Wallace and Donna Sherman (curat
 or of the map collection at University of Manchester) will examine maps 
 from the Manchester Geographical Society collection\n\nThe seminar will 
 consider how scientific efforts to map uncharted regions of Africa for c
 ommercial and political gain\, and the popular ‘techno-magical’ narrativ
 es of unfamiliar technologies being mistaken for magic which grew up aro
 und these expeditions. Donna Sherman will provide a brief history of the
  Manchester Geographical Society\, its impact on teaching at the univers
 ity and its connections with the explorer Henry Morton Stanley. Leverhul
 me Early Career Fellow Brian Wallace will discuss how the expeditions of
  imperial agents like Stanley gave rise to self-aggrandising stories of 
 newly-contacted African peoples mistaking Western technologies for sorce
 ry. \n\nThis is an online event that will take place via Zoom. Book your
  free place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maps-and-magic-in-the-m
 anchester-geographical-society-collections-tickets-257901730017 \n\nThis
  event is part of a live\, online lunchtime seminar series. University o
 f Manchester researchers team up with experts from the Rylands to share 
 current research activities. The seminars will showcase rare and fascina
 ting objects from the special collections\, along with discoveries and n
 ew perspectives formed through their study. Attendees will be invited to
  participate with questions and thoughts during the live Q&A.
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