maps… in the wild! lessons from an exercise in popular cartography rob edsall
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maps… in the wild! lessons from an exercise in popular cartography Rob Edsall Arizona State University GeoFest 2007. the inspiration. the map diary:. keep a journal of every map you see in your everyday life. observe, demonstrate how ubiquitous maps are. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
maps… in the wild!lessons from an exercise in popular cartography
Rob EdsallArizona State UniversityGeoFest 2007
the inspirationthe map diary: keep a journal of
every map you see in your
everyday lifeobserve, demonstrate how ubiquitous maps
arechallenge your own and others’
definitions of “map”
the modification
photo-essay of maps as images and icons document maps that do not
serve the most “typical” purposes of maps:
- navigate- locate
- display spatial distribution
maps in the wildfrom HCI community “cognition in the wild”: examining how people function in their natural habitat (Hutchins 1996)what is the natural habitat of maps?
not just glove compartments, textbooks, atlases, GIS screens…
the assignmentgiven to Introduction to Cartography
studentsArizona State students seem to
all own, or have access to, digital
cameras or camera cell
phones.task: photograph, upload, document, explain, and
comment about maps found “in the wild.”
post on course discussion board or on public web site
the postings
the discussions
categorization of maps in the wild
purposes of maps in the wild
creation of a “field guide” to maps in the
wild
the examplemap imagery in political rhetoric map imagery in political rhetoric
2004-072004-07 left-leaning left-leaning imageryimagery
globe: • as eco-icon• as satire of
globalization rhetoric
• as Gaia-mother icon
(Cosgrove 2002)
the example (cont.)map imagery in political rhetoric map imagery in political rhetoric
2004-072004-07 right-leaning right-leaning imageryimagery
nation: • outline or silhouette map of the US, lower 48
• typically Lambert Conformal Conic or similar projection• only line work present is outline (no interior boundaries)• uniformity of interior – single color or symbol
the comments
post-course evaluations: “I see maps wherever I go now. It’s like a disease. You’ve turned me into a map geek with that Maps in the Wild thing…”“MITW got me really thinking about the power of maps.”
Maps in the Wild… adds a field component to a traditionally
technical lab course integrates popular culture and
cartography allows for a painless and empirical
introduction to (relatively) advanced critical discourse about maps
encourages critical thinking provides new “lens” through which they
can observe their world
the “lessons”: what MITW does
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