All of the Pecha Kucha presentations on November 7 were well delivered and the feedback was marvelous and highly constructive, but for a week now
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Flâneuring around the Meatpacking District
I used this wonderful day to walk around the Meatpacking District to collect additional thoughts and ideas. As I go deeper and deeper into my
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Global Exchange Lab – Spring 2013 Class
Spring Course Open to Media Studies Students: GLOBAL EXCHANGE [See PDF] W 15:50-18:30, E302 CRN 6994 Spring 2013 Brian McGrath, Research Chair of Urban Design,
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I am writing this while waiting for the librarian to call my number so I can get the materials I requested from the Billy Rose
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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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Evaluating the Endangered Languages Project: brought to you by Google
On June 21st, 2012 Google launched the Endangered Languages Project, which is a thematic map that allows users to archive audio, video or written information
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Urban Agriculture: The Future of NYC's Rooftops
The New York Times article, “In Rooftop Farming, New York City Emerges as a Leader,” examines how the development of rooftop farms like The Brooklyn
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Simon Ganahl's Lecture on Dispositif Analysis
Reposted from Simon’s blog: On Tuesday, November 13, I gave a lecture titled »Dispositif Analysis in Media Studies« at The New School in New York.
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Cartographic Arguments
How much should we expect our plotted data to “speak for themselves”? How much framing and context do we need to provide? What combination of
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O.A.S.I.S. Map Critique
“The Open Accessible Space Information System (OASIS) website provides the richest source of community maps for New York City — free and all in one
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