Paper Prototyping: Figure 3 -4 represents result of the paper prototyping we did in the class. I had very difficulty with this aspect of the
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213 people needed to get it together, keep it together
In the 1970’s, artist and architect, Gordon Matta-Clark bought 15 parcels of land, 14 in Queens and one in Staten Island. Auctioned off for prices
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I’ve been updating my blog semi-regularly, but had forgotten my login until today. I’m cutting and pasting this entry but if you’d like
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Make a map, not a tracing!
Reflecting on James Corner’s The Agency of Mapping: Speculation, Critique and Invention made me think of two literary references to Jorge Luis Borges and Lewis
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The Roof of your Mouth
Right before the McGuinness Blvd exit off the BQE, there is a sign that says “Eat Real Food.” This sign belongs to the The Brooklyn
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In facebook page of media studies, I stumbled upon an interesting project which creates a sonic map of Alexandria. I did not yet check into
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Map Critique: 596 Acres
596 Acres is a project that maps all the vacant lots in NYC that can be potentially developed into community space. Developed by a team of
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maps on the web
Our conversation in class this week about plotting points, paths and areas ended up expanding into a much broader discussion about web mapping technologies in general, so
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'the hole' exists –
I mentioned this in class yesterday- truly fascinating stuff. Here is a short documentary on ‘The Hole,’ and here is a short write-up. It does,
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Data Modeling the Digital Humanities
Today in class we talked about data modeling; specifically as it relates to the Urban Research Tool, but also to the digital humanities more generally.
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