by Reed Williams | Jan 11, 2019 | DUR January 2019
The Atlas Historique de la Musique map of Conservatories, Festivals, and Opera Houses in Eastern Europe and Beyond was eye catching because of its simplicity, but was confusing for the same reason. As many others did with their own maps, our goal was for the map to...
by Benjamin Van Wienen | Jan 11, 2019 | DUR January 2019
In my last blog post, I posted the state of the map that I had made featuring opera houses and companies in East Asia. Since then, I added a few more points that locate centers of opera in East Asia, combined my data with my partner’s, and tidied up the map. ...
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...