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A Bibliographer’s Nightmare: Inconsistent and Incomplete Data

by Benjamin Van Wienen | Jan 22, 2019 | DUR January 2019

As we move on to the final stages of our Musical Geographies class, I have assumed the specialist role of “bibliographer.”  This means that I survey all of our data entries and compile a comprehensive bibliography of every source we have used in our...

Researching is Difficult: The Struggle of an Amateur Mapper

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...