Welcome to Digressions!

The 2021 volume of Digressions, the literary and art journal of NSU, is fully digital this year. You can use this map to explore the excellent work submitted by NSU students across different colleges and courses, and you can even see the "home towns" of our contributors and staff. (Think of it as "con-text" tracing.)

For those who want a more traditional format, check out our main issue and course showcase flipbooks. We hope you enjoy this year's volume of Digressions. Click/tap on the map icons to view content, or click/tap on any open space on the map, or reload the page to view this window at any time.

How This Map was Made

This map was designed by graduate students in WRIT 5340: Studies in Multimodality and Digital Media, under the direction of Dr. Eric Mason. This graduate course is part of NSU's M.A. in Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, which is designed to prepare students for communicating effectively in a range of careers and media environments. This program is delivered by the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts in NSU's Halmos College of Arts and Sciences.

Mapmaker's Toolbox

The code for this page is heavily commented to allow visitors to more easily understand how this page is put together and how to get started building their own interactive maps. This map was built using Leaflet, an open-source JavaScript library for interactive mapmaking, along with tiles provided by OpenStreetMap. A number of plug-ins were used to add functionality to the base Leaflet library, including plug-ins to control the appearance of markers, to create customizable buttons, and to add hideable sidebars. Lightbox was used to create the galleries that display the individual student submissions, and SyncFiddle was used to allow the designers to collaborate on the code in real-time.

Thanks to all the students and faculty who worked to build this digital edition of the Digressions journal.