Abstract
This purpose of this study was to demonstrate use of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology for narrative case analysis and digital mapping of the human life course. Data for this examination originated from the Oklahoma 100 Year Life Project, a collection of N = 111 oral history accounts gathered from centenarians residing in the state of Oklahoma. Using a single-case analysis approach, GIS software technology was used to analyze storytelling content within a transcribed oral history narrative. Narrative content analysis was transformed into an interactive digital story map which combined the use of text, images, maps, and multimedia content into a display of a 100-year life course. This story map resulted in the emergence of several key themes which highlighted the interconnection between child and family development, collective social experiences, human migration patterns, occupational mobility, and dying, death, and bereavement across historical time, place, and space. The resulting story map further captured the contributing role of human agency relative to shaping generative concern and personal legacy within family, community, and society. Implications for educators, researchers, and clinical practitioners who seek to use GIS technology as an analytical approach, translational method, or instructional tool for the exploration, analysis, and dissemination of human aging will be highlighted.
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