by Thea Brenner | Dec 8, 2020 | DH Models - Other Humanities Projects
Statistician Nathan Yau’s Flowing Data site was introduced to us via a specific project: this map of pizza place geography in the United States. The map isn’t interactive, yet it communicates data extremely clearly, thanks to the side-by-side comparison of map layers...
by Thea Brenner | Dec 8, 2020 | DH Models - Other Humanities Projects
This map, published by the Oxford English Dictionary’s website, shows how the English language has been formed from borrowed words throughout history. Despite its humble appearance, this application packs an effective punch. The time-lapse feature allows users to...
by Thea Brenner | Dec 8, 2020 | DH Models - Other Humanities Projects
The maps on this research blog are intended both to support research on the dance touring practices by Kate Elswit (in her ongoing collaboration with Harmony Bench) and to inspire new research questions. The maps are “exploratory visualizations” of the American...
by Thea Brenner | Dec 8, 2020 | DH Models - Other Humanities Projects
Named after the work of Monroe Nathan Work, this project maps every known lynching in American history carried out by a mob. Each marker on the map represents one incident, and each color represents a different racial/ethnic demographic. The map is accompanied by a...
by Thea Brenner | Dec 8, 2020 | DH Models - Other Humanities Projects
From 1932 to 1975, Annuals and Biennials held by the Whitney Museum of American Art recorded the street addresses of artists whose works were showcased. In 2019, the New York Times used this data to publish a series of static and maps, accompanied by prose, that shows...
