{"id":121,"date":"2019-10-31T13:48:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T13:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/?p=121"},"modified":"2021-03-31T11:29:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T11:29:30","slug":"unit-2-week-5-maps-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/2019\/10\/31\/unit-2-week-5-maps-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 2, Week 5: Maps Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Begin with the Instagram feed of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bplmaps\/\">Leventhal Map Center<\/a> of the Boston Public Library; every day they post an interesting historical map.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some case studies using maps that I&#8217;ve come across recently for us to start with and consider.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com\/post\/80174674596\/us-states-labelled-with-ways-each-state-ranks-the\">Map of US with states labeled by how they&#8217;re ranked &#8220;worst&#8221;<\/a> (Maps on the Web Tumblr)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1045\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tonahangen.com\/wsc\/hi411\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-08-08_50_13-Maps-on-the-Web-_-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/books\/page-turner\/city-of-women?mbid=social_twitter\">What if the NY Subway Map stops were all named for women?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1044\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tonahangen.com\/wsc\/hi411\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-08-08_49_14-City-of-Women-The-New-Yorker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"376\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hint.fm\/wind\/\">Current wind patterns, mapped onto the US <\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1043\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tonahangen.com\/wsc\/hi411\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-08-08_48_17-Wind-Map-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/regional-differences-united-states-2018-1\">Could North America be re-mapped into 11 nations? <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/img.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/govbeat\/files\/2013\/11\/upinarms-map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/img.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/govbeat\/files\/2013\/11\/upinarms-map.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2016\/01\/13\/this-is-actually-what-america-would-look-like-without-gerrymandering\/?utm_term=.3627f805db80\">What if there were no gerrymandering?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1042\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tonahangen.com\/wsc\/hi411\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-08-08_47_17-This-is-actually-what-America-would-look-like-without-gerrymandering-The-Washi-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/case.law\/gallery\/witchcraft\">Mapping &#8220;witchcraft&#8221; in case law<\/a> (appropos of Halloween) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-10-31-11_26_44-Window.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-10-31-11_26_44-Window-300x238.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-10-31-11_26_44-Window-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-10-31-11_26_44-Window-768x608.png 768w, https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-10-31-11_26_44-Window-379x300.png 379w, https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-10-31-11_26_44-Window.png 784w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After exploring those, spend some time exploring a few other links related to historical maps or mapping as a historical method. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/drsarahbond\/2017\/10\/20\/how-is-digital-mapping-changing-the-way-we-visualize-racism-and-segregation\/#271c4b3c33fa\">recent article in Forbes<\/a> magazine talks about how digital mapping helps us understand racism and the history of segregation, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dsps.lib.uiowa.edu\/placingsegregation\/\">Placing Segregation<\/a> (Univ of Iowa)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/civilwardc.org\/\">Civil War Washington<\/a> (NEH \/ Univ of Nebraska Lincoln)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/regional-differences-united-states-2018-1\">The Opportunity Atlas<\/a> using Census data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An especially expansive and beautiful digital library of maps (at high resolution) is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidrumsey.com\/\">David Rumsey Map Collection<\/a> (Stanford University) <\/p>\n<p>Stanford hosts the <a href=\"https:\/\/republicofletters.stanford.edu\/\">Mapping the Republic of Letters<\/a> project from Dan Edelstein and Paula Findlen, tracing (and mapping) the trajectory of thousands of letters from the pens of European Enlightenment writers. Here&#8217;s a brief video explaining the project: <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"575\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nw0oS-AOIPE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Other innovative projects work with recreating or layering historical maps, and creating digital environments of the past (We will talk more about this on our Digital History day next month). Some examples include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearthblog.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/03\/historical_street_view_sites_italy.html\">Historical Locations on Google Earth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historypin.org\/en\/\">HistoryPin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theclio.com\/web\/\">The Clio App<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.romereborn.virginia.edu\/\">Rome Reborn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pleiades.stoa.org\/\">Pleiades Ancient Gazeteer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/harvard-cga.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/View\/index.html?appid=b38db47e08ca40f3a409c455ebb688db\">Roman World<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ust.ucla.edu\/ustweb\/projects.html\">Urban Simulation Team<\/a> (UCLA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/welikia.org\/explore\/mannahatta-map\/\">Welikia Project<\/a> (&#8220;New York City&#8221; in 1609)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu\/work\/\">The work of ScholarsLab<\/a> (UVA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northeastern.edu\/nulab\/projects\/\">The Work of NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks<\/a> (Northeastern)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Begin with the Instagram feed of the Leventhal Map Center of the Boston Public Library; every day they post an interesting historical map. Here are some case studies using maps that I&#8217;ve come across recently for us to start with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/2019\/10\/31\/unit-2-week-5-maps-workshop\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-craft-of-history","tag-fall19"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.tonahangen.com\/craft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}