by Isaiah Pressman | Jan 8, 2019 | DUR January 2019
In our first three (has it really only been three?!) days of class, we have read about the use of Geographic Information Systems, or GIS for short, in the humanities, and about the various subtle traps one might fall into if one is not diligent in map-making. A...
by broske1 | Jan 8, 2019 | DUR January 2019
Interim 2019 and our DUR (directed undergraduate research) has begun with data compilation and presentation on a variety of topics ranging from Conservatories of East Asia to the topic to which I have been assigned, Music Centers of 17th Century Italy. My impetus...
by Annika Van Farowe | Jan 8, 2019 | DUR January 2019
One summer, when I was maybe eleven years old, my friends and I decided to draw a map out of chalk that took up the entire street of the cul-de-sac so that we could use our razor scooters and bicycles on our drawn roads. Now, I’m a senior in college and I’m still...
by Jessie Camp | Jan 8, 2019 | DUR January 2019
Maps. We look at them all time, nestled between blocks of text in articles and textbooks or on classroom walls, and we never give them a second thought. We accept them as they are—why? Because that’s what’s easy. We assume it shouldn’t be that difficult to...
by Thea Brenner | Jan 8, 2019 | DUR January 2019
After just three days of class, I have learned much more about the 8th-century organ builder Georgios than I ever could’ve dreamed. After selecting a map to remake about the diffusion of the organ between the 1st and 15th centuries in Europe I have started to...
by Benjamin Van Wienen | Jan 7, 2019 | DUR January 2019
Thus far, my experience making my first map was frustrating primarily because of the research involved. Mapping opera companies of East Asia, much of my work involved reading websites in foreign languages (Chinese, Korean, Japanese), finding mentions of obscure opera...
