The Digital Writing Environments, Location, and Localization (DWELL) Lab’s projects investigate how to use emerging media for science and environmental communication. The goal of these projects is to support research and scholarship that promotes public science communication and scientific literacy within the University of Rhode Island, the writing and rhetoric community, and other diverse publics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cManissean\u201d is the name given to the indigenous people who lived on the island of \u201cManisses\u201d, renamed Block Island after the Dutch explorer, Adrian Block. The Manissean peoples are a distinct tribal community that share ancestors with members of the Narragansett, Wampanoag, Niantic, and Pequot peoples. Current signage tends to erase both history and contemporary Manissean life from the public sphere. In response, the Manissean AR tour serves as a portal or threshold for the tour users, inviting them into a space of mixed reality content designed by tribal leaders and culture bearers. Learn more on the DWELL Block Island project page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n This is an evolving environmental storytelling project created by the DWELL Lab for the\u00a0National Natural Landmarks Program<\/a>\u00a0as part of the\u00a0Science Communication in the Parks<\/a>\u00a0(SCIP) project, sponsored by a collaboration between the National Parks Service and the Ecological Society of America. This project<\/a> consists of web content, an interactive digital map, and augmented reality posters that together tell the story of New Jersey\u2019s Central Passaic Basin.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n An immersive multimedia \u201cclassroom in the forest\u201d experience for the North Woods on URI’s campus. This project combines augmented reality (AR), web development, and digital mapping to lay the groundwork for an ongoing research and teaching project the North Woods Stewardship Council. Learn more on the DWELL NWP project page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n The STEEP II project (2022-2027) is studying the effects of PFAS (or or poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances) on environmental and human health. As part of this research, the Research Translation Core team is sharing information on PFASs and their human health impacts using creative, community-engaged strategies to make important findings visible and meaningful for the public. Learn more on the\u00a0STEEP Website<\/a>. As part of this collaboration, DWELL developed the AR game PFAS Kitchen<\/a><\/em>, available on our website.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n The Rhode Island Agriculture and Food Systems Fellows Program (RIAFSFP) was established in 2022 to engage and train students passionate about careers centered on food\u2013as producers, processors, policymakers, educators, advocates, or communicators through funded, year-long experiential learning opportunities with academic researchers and industry professionals. You can learn more on the AFSFP Program Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n DWELL is partnering with the Providence Stormwater Innovation Center<\/a> in Roger Williams Park to map and model the green stormwater infrastructure sites in the park and produce educational AR installations for public environmental education. Learn more on the\u00a0DWELL Stormwater Walking Tour project page<\/a>, and visit our live map<\/a> to take the tour remotely or at the park!<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Jones, M., et al., “North Woods Project: Mobilizing Digital Field Methods and Art-Based Research for Science Communication and Environmental Advocacy,” Kairos<\/em>, 30(1), 2025, 10.7940\/M330.1.TOPOI.JONES<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n Dobrin, S. and Jones, M. (Eds.) Rhetorical Ecologies<\/a>. NCTE, 2024. Rhetorical Ecologies<\/em> invites you on a transformative journey through the history of writing and rhetoric studies\u2019 adoption of ecology. <\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n Heilig, L., Jones, M. Overbay, A., and Roberts, T. “Augmenting for Accessible Environments: Layering Deep Mapping, Deep Accessibility, and Community Literacy.” Communication Design Quarterly, 12(2), DOI: 10.1145\/3655727.3655731<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Jones, M., Beveridge, A., Garrison, J. R., Greene, A., & MacDonald, H. (2022). Tracking Memes in the Wild: Visual Rhetoric and Image Circulation in Environmental Communication. Frontiers in Communication<\/em>, DOI: 10.3389\/fcomm.2022.883278<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n Butts, Shannon and Jones, Madison. \u201cDeep Mapping for Environmental Communication Design.\u201d Communication Design Quarterly<\/em>, Online First (January 20, 2021), DOI: 10.1145\/3437000.3437001<\/a>. [Open Access Version<\/a>].<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n Jones, Madison. \u201c(Re)Placing the Rhetoric of Scale: Ecoliteracy, Networked Writing, and MEmorial Mapping.\u201d Mediating Nature: The Role of Technology in Ecological Literacy<\/em>. Eds. Sidney I. Dobrin and Sean Morey. Routledge, October, 2019, DOI: 10.4324\/9780429399121-6<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About DWELL Projects The Digital Writing Environments, Location, and Localization (DWELL) Lab’s projects investigate how to use emerging media for science and environmental communication. 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North Woods Project<\/h1>\n\n
Sources, Transport, Exposure & Effects of PFAS (STEEP II) <\/h1>\n\n
RI Agriculture & Food Systems Fellows Program<\/h1>\n\n
Stormwater Innovation Collab<\/h1>\n\n
Recent Publications from the Lab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
New Article on North Woods <\/h1>\n\n
New Book on Rhetorical Ecologies<\/h1>\n\n
New Article on AR and Accessibility<\/h1>\n\n
New Article: \u201cTracking Memes in the Wild\u201d<\/h1>\n\n
New Article on AR and Deep Mapping<\/h1>\n\n
New Article on Scale and Mapping<\/h1>\n\n