by Siriana | May 31, 2017 | CURI Summer 2017
The mountain of information I had compiled into my spreadsheet seemed insurmountable. By the time I had finished the first three readings we were assigned, I had already collected over 50 locations to map. I felt a bit like Hercules facing the Hydra. My previous map...
by Siriana | May 30, 2017 | CURI Summer 2017
Our mission (should we choose to accept it) consists of mapping the life and times of Darius Milhaud, with a particular focus on the time he spent in Germany. What statement does his relationship with different publishing companies make about the changing national...
by baumga1 | Apr 23, 2017 | DUR Spring 2017
Throughout the process of digital mapmaking, there are many roadblocks that can simultaneously frustrate and challenge. After having spent hours upon hours of cataloguing the appendix on Programs of Modern-Music Societies in New York from 1920-1931 in Carol...
by Carolyn Nuelle | Apr 4, 2017 | DUR Spring 2017
Throughout the past couple of weeks of reading, discussion, and conversation, we’ve explored several different reasons why students and scholars choose to make and use digital maps. Recently we’ve been able to articulate some of these potential “goal...
by baumga1 | Mar 8, 2017 | DUR Spring 2017
As I continue forward on my research in the world of musical geography, I have found many a philosophical and methodological conundrum that I have had to face on nearly a daily basis. Our readings have shaped how I do research and how I make maps and will continue to...
