by Katharina Biermann | May 16, 2017 | DUR Spring 2017
At various points in this course, the question of whether a digital map has to have or make an argument has pushed itself to the forefront of our conversations on the digital humanities. On the one hand, I might argue that, well, of course it does. Not so much because...
by Stella Li | May 16, 2017 | DUR Spring 2017
Following my last blog post about my hand drawing map design, here it comes a preview of the final project. Now that I got the chance to actually put all my data points onto the map, many provocative aspects of these digital maps became clearer. While I was...
by Stella Li | May 16, 2017 | DUR Spring 2017
At the beginning of the semester, we spent a class period hand drawing maps together and sharing the information conveyed through those graphic representations. Before I diving into the technical stage of digital mapping, I want to go back to this activity one more...
by hynes1 | May 7, 2017 | DUR Spring 2017
As the project nears its end, we must design our pages for the Musical Geography website. A lot of factors come into play here: How do I display my maps? How do I make sure people are interested in what I have to say? How do I make sure I don’t forget anything?...
by hynes1 | May 1, 2017 | DUR Spring 2017
Since our maps are made for an undergraduate research class, we cannot possibly be as in-depth and comprehensive as we would if we had years to work and collect data and find specific coordinates. Due to the nature of Gulag accounts, it’s difficult enough to...
by Katharina Biermann | Apr 27, 2017 | DUR Spring 2017
I was reorganizing the spreadsheet the other night when I realized that there are far more people involved in even the one source from which I am pulling hard data points (as opposed to auxiliary information) than it seems. The source with which I began this...
