Last week as we began to brainstorm our attributes and entities I began to make a spread sheet of my initial data collection thoughts/intentions. So
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Mapping the Map: Exploring Maciunas’ Expanded Arts Diagram
Opinions of what Fluxus is or once was differs greatly, from Fluxus insiders and outside observers. In the 1960s Fluxus established itself as an international
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Monument Hunting…
There are way too many monuments in NYC. Perhaps too many is the wrong way to put it. There is an overwhelmingly large amount of
Read moreManhattan Street Sign Project Proposal
For my final map project, I will be examining Manhattan street signs over the past century. Over the last century, New York City street signs
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Inching Towards Progress
My first post made it clear to me that I needed to define precisely what I was looking for; now it is clear that I
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Mapping Main Street
Mapping Main Street “Once you start looking, you’ll notice Main Streets are everywhere and tell all kinds of stories.” (Mapping Main Street) Mapping Main
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Invincible Cities: A Photographer Builds Harlem
“All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention.” – Rudolf Arnheim Invincible Cities is a website including maps
Read moreHistoric Movie Theater Letdown
I have always loved watching movies, but there is something about going to a movie theater that completely overtakes me. Have I been there before,
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Map Critique: The Deleted City
One of the advantages cartographic advances in mixed mediums is that it allows a degree of fluidity in data sets. As James Corner states, in
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Habitat Map is Looking for a Curriculum Specialist!
Steve Taylor, from last year’s UMA, has passed along this job announcement from HabitatMap, a fantastic themed map about which he wrote his map critique
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