The Project
As a man fascinated with the natural world and with humanity’s place within it, Eiseley provides a nuanced lens through which readers might access the space of Nebraska. Loren Eiseley’s Nebraska is a digital, interactive map of various sites throughout Lincoln and the state of Nebraska that have significance to Eiseley and that are featured in his writing. This project is a “deep map” of Nebraska, a digital methodology and tool which David J. Bodenhamer, John Corrigan, and Trevor M. Harris describe in Deep Maps and Spatial Narratives as “simultaneously a platform, a process, and a product” (3). By selecting passages of relevance to each location, we have curated Eiseley’s work alongside a multi-layered representation of Nebraska. Our ongoing project fosters ecotourism in these locations, promoting an environmentally and socially responsible method for interacting with and learning about the spaces we map. With this project, we provide users with a venue through which to explore Nebraska as seen through the eyes of Loren Eiseley, and/or an artifact to use as a guide through which they can physically engage with that space.
NOTE: many of the locations on this map, both the homes in Lincoln and the ranches in western Nebraska, are private property. Please do not bother the occupants or trespass on the property.
