by Ian Schipper | Jan 10, 2019 | DUR January 2019
Throughout the process of mapping the musical centers of Italy in the 17th century, I found myself falling into exactly the same pitfalls I predicted. I wanted to map EVERYTHING. In an effort to avoid the lackluster and arbitrary nature of the first map, I tried to...
by Isabel Kramlinger | Jan 10, 2019 | DUR January 2019
After critiquing the cluttered and vague print map on Mozart’s travels created by Atlas Historique de la Musique, I immediately regretted my criticism once I learned I would have to replicate the map with the goal of improving upon it in some way shape or form. Where...
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...
