Check out our digital exhibition: Bending Lines
<https://www.leventhalmap.org/digital-exhibitions/bending-lines/>, which is
centered on this topic.

There is a whole semester's worth of deep map analysis, using our
collections and new maps we have commissioned for these purposes. There are
also educational activities for all ages. Feel free to point any students
or teachers to us at the LMEC @ the BPL for ideas for collaboration on
classes or digital projects.

On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 6:04 PM Christopher Thiry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> All,
>
> Last year, I worked with several professors who were teaching a freshman
> honors class.  Their students came to the library & talked to them about
> bias (implicit & explicit) in maps, touching on things like motivations
> behind the map makers, cultural perspective, what (who) was not shown, etc.
>
> This year, the professors want to change things a bit.  They want to
> concentrate on the data behind the map.  Ideally, they would like to show
> the students a map & have them think/analyze/understand the map.  Then add
> a new layer of data to the same area (or show the data in a different way),
> then ask the students to note how their perspective has changed, etc.
>
>
>    - *Has anyone created a similar assignment?*
>    - *Are there places I can find canned data/maps to use?*
>    - *What topics/areas would you recommend I use?*
>
>
> An interesting starting point is the Mapping Prejudice project in
> Minnesota.
> One topic I thought of was the presidential vote--who you can show votes
> in a number of ways to make things conform with your beliefs (counties won
> vs votes won)
>
> I am not certain I am clearly describing the objectives, etc.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> *Christopher J.J. Thiry*
>
> *Map & GIS Librarian*
> *Academic Outreach Coordinator*
>
> Colorado School of Mines
> Arthur Lakes Library
> 1400 Illinois
> Golden, CO 80401
> p. 303-273-3697
> f. 303-273-3199
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>