Ocean Howell, History and 2024–25 OHC Faculty Research Fellow.  

“Mapping Power” is a public facing website that enables users to explore historic maps of Portland, Oregon.  Photographs and architectural renderings allow users to see the city as it is, as it was, but also as it might have been. A series of essays show how planning maps reveal the contours of political power. The project is also the first test of an innovative public history software package that will be broadly available to scholars, educators, and public historians.