Hmm. Sounds very McHargian, e.g.:
I’d like to see such an approach applied to the theories about Glacial Lake Missoula and the formation of the Washington State Channeled Scablands…
Also sounds like something that could look to the books and articles of Robert D. Kaplan for inspiration…
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Subject: mapping-related assignment for honors class
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.
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
http://www.mines.edu/library/