This is the first presentation in CURA and The Research Commons summer 2024 webinar series, Maps from the Past: The Impact of Historical Urban Maps on the Past and Present.
To commemorate the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, graphics editors at The New York Times analyzed archival maps, city directories, census data, newspaper clippings and survivor accounts to create a 3D model of Greenwood - a prosperous Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, destroyed by a violent white mob. The 3D model served as an immersive stage to tell stories of the residents and businesses of Black Wall Street. 
In this talk, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas shared the reporting, design and production process of this monumental effort.
Yuliya Parshina-Kottas is a visual journalist, information designer and motion/3D artist with 18 years of experience telling stories in digital and physical spaces. For over nine years Yuliya worked as a graphics and multimedia editor at The New York Times, where she reported, developed, designed and produced visual stories.
Yuliya teaches graduate and undergraduate courses and workshops in visual journalism, motion graphics and animation, and she is joining the full-time faculty of NYU Tisch’s Interactive Telecommunications Program as Assistant Professor this fall.
Before joining The Times, Yuliya created interactive experiences, spatial installations and linear animations for museums, ad campaigns and animated children’s series. Her personal art practice uses animation and illustration to explore themes of folklore and womanhood.