{"id":114,"date":"2012-01-05T15:11:09","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T20:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.briancroxall.net\/buildingDH\/?page_id=114"},"modified":"2012-01-05T21:01:38","modified_gmt":"2012-01-06T02:01:38","slug":"digital-mapping-project-georgia-tech","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.briancroxall.net\/buildingDH\/assignments\/digital-mapping-project-georgia-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Mapping Project (Georgia Tech)"},"content":{"rendered":"

DIGITAL MAPPING PROJECT and PRESENTATION <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Georgia Institute of Technology<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Kathryn Crowther – English 1102
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\u00a0<\/strong>For your third project, you will work as a group and choose a text, or a part of a text, to \u201cmap\u201d in a digital format.\u00a0 We will discuss what this means and the different ways to map or visualize data in a meaningful way using different media.\u00a0 You may use any of the texts we have read so far this semester, including A Journal of the Plague Year<\/em>, Oliver Twist<\/em>, The Waste Land<\/em>, and Mrs. Dalloway<\/em>.\u00a0 Using a medium or technology of your choice, you will create an artifact that visualizes or maps (and thereby makes an argument about) some element of a one of our literary texts. Projects could include creating a hypertext, an annotated text, a Google map, or a text cloud.\u00a0 You can choose to think of \u201cmapping\u201d in terms of geographical or geospatial mapping, or in terms of data mapping or data visualization.\u00a0\u00a0 (See below:\u00a0 \u201cChoosing a Topic\u201d).\u00a0 Either way, you should zoom in on an element of the literary text and develop a project that communicates an \u201cargument\u201d in a primarily visual fashion.\u00a0 It is okay to incorporate other methods of communication (accompanying text, voice-over, digital medium) but the central mode should be visual communication. Think about your project as a \u201cresource\u201d that could be used to teach the text you are mapping \u2013 you might consider embedding your map(s) in a larger stand alone resource such as a website. <\/strong><\/p>\n

There are several components to this project:<\/p>\n

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  1. Your map(s)\/data visualization(s)<\/li>\n
  2. The format\/medium in which you embed your map\/d.v<\/li>\n
  3. A formal presentation of the project in class with a visual presentation \u00a0(Ex. Poster, \u00a0PowerPoint or Prezi)<\/li>\n
  4. Participation in an end-of-semester \u201cdisplay\u201d of your projects in the library.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In order to complete this assignment, you will follow these steps (in groups):<\/p>\n

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    1. Choose a topic<\/li>\n
    2. Brainstorm on what kind of mapping you would like to do \u2013 think about the texts we have read and what information you might be interested in mapping. See Choosing a Topic<\/strong> and Brainstorming for a Medium <\/strong>below for specific ideas. Think about the ways that different types of media and technology could contribute to the idea you are trying to convey.\u00a0 An important part of the process will be justifying why you choice your medium to express that particular type of information.\u00a0 <\/strong>Think about how\/where you will \u201cput\u201d your project \u2013 will it be embedded in a webpage or on a poster or in a video or narrated slide-show?\u00a0 How will you present it as a resource?<\/li>\n
    3. Make a process plan outlining the steps you will need to take to complete your project (I will give you a handout with more details).\u00a0 You will need to factor in any time needed to set up any technology or learn to use a particular tool.<\/li>\n
    4. Develop a presentation to showcase your research.\u00a0 I will give you a separate assignment sheet for the presentation component.<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Complete your project and write a one-page \u201cproject statement\u201d explaining the rationale behind your choice of medium and the idea\/argument you are making.\u00a0 Don\u2019t forget to include the citation\/source information for any material you use or draw from that was created by someone else.<\/strong>\u00a0 You may include this information on your actual project (ex. Credits at the end of a video, sources on the bottom of a poster) or on a separate bibliography.<\/li>\n
    6. Present your project in class and at the end-of-semester exhibition in the library.
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      Choosing a Topic and a Medium<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Think about the texts we have read and the types of information that they contain.\u00a0 Then think about the type of mapping you’d like to do.\u00a0 Mapping essentially means that you are laying out a set of data in a visual format that makes it easy to quickly interpret.\u00a0 You might think about \u201cmapping\u201d in three different ways:<\/p>\n

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      1. Mapping in the sense of visually displaying certain data sets<\/strong> extracted<\/em><\/strong> from the novels\/poems we have read.\u00a0 For example, mapping information about the plague in London from A Journal of the Plague Year<\/em> (death statistics, districts that were infected and in what order, the different accounts of people infected) or data sets about London from Oliver Twist <\/em>(the route Bill Sikes takes as he flees London, the specific places that are visited by different characters in the novel,).\u00a0 Notice that the information doesn’t have to be numbers or locations; they could be stories or historical backgrounds.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. Mapping in the sense of diagramming or giving information to help interpret<\/em> a text<\/strong>. So, for example, you could annotate and hyperlink a text like Mrs. Dalloway <\/em>in a similar way to the annotated mapping of the hypertext version of The Waste Land <\/em>that we read.\u00a0 Or you could take a chapter of Oliver Twist<\/em> and map annotations of the working class dialect and slang onto a hyper-linked version of the text.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. Mapping in the sense of mapping information<\/strong> on to the texts we have read<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 So you could take information you have learned about Victorian England (how the poor laws affected the working class, or how many orphaned children there were and what happened to them, or the workings and layout of Newgate Prison) and map that information on to Oliver Twist<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Or you could take information about the architecture of 1923 London, or the causes and symptoms of PTSD, and map that data on to Mrs. Dalloway.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            As you try to choose a medium for your topic, think about what your main idea and\/or argument is \u2013 what do you want your viewer to learn about the topic?\u00a0 What is the \u201ctake-away message\u201d of the piece? Then think about how different types of media will affect that message or influence the viewer.\u00a0 Also consider your proficiency in using different types of visual media, or think of something you would like to learn how to use.\u00a0 It\u2019s probably not practical to start learning how to program a website just for this project, but you could easily learn how to use Google Mapmaker or how to build a poster in Power Point in a few hours.<\/p>\n

            Here are some ideas for possible projects:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            1. Using Google Mapmaker, you can add text, pictures, video etc. to different points on a map of London in order to map out a particular scene, journey, set of landmarks, historical buildings in one of our texts.<\/li>\n
            2. Pick a chapter or a section of one of the texts and annotate it in a website, linking to words related to a particular theme (dialect, locations, representations of the working-class living situations, prostitution, women’s clothing, religion etc.)<\/li>\n
            3. Create (and print and mount) a professional poster using PowerPoint.\u00a0 Use the poster to visualize some of the data from one of our texts. For example, you could graph out some of the statistics from A Journal of the Plague Year<\/em> in an interesting visual format and connect it directly to certain scenes from the novel.<\/li>\n
            4. Design a document that visualizes data using word clouds or other formats (ex. www. tagcrowd.com<\/a> or www-958.ibm.com\/software\/data\/cognos\/manyeyes\/<\/a>).\u00a0 Find a creative way to present it (poster, Prezi etc.)
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              This is by no means an exhaustive list \u2013 there are many more ideas so don\u2019t just copy mine.\u00a0 Remember, you will be graded on your creativity of your project as well as your execution of the idea.<\/p>\n

              TWO IMPORTANT POINTS:<\/p>\n

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              1. The projects should directly and clearly connect to the literary text you are mapping<\/strong>.\u00a0 If you are mapping data onto the text (ex. information about the Poor Laws) you must clearly align the data with specific<\/em> parts of the literary text.<\/li>\n
              2. Most importantly, there should be an implicit argument in your project<\/strong> \u2013 the data that you are mapping should give us new insight into the text, or should provide us with a new way of looking at the text that broadens our interpretation of it.\u00a0 So, for example, simply creating a word cloud of all the words in Mrs. Dalloway<\/em> wouldn’t be sufficient \u2013 you would need to use the word cloud to show something important about the novel, or to make an argument about it.\u00a0 You should find a way to articulate what that argument is on the project itself; you will also explain it in more detail in your project statement.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                As you work on your project you should pay attention to the following<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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                • Your audience:\u00a0 Who is your audience?\u00a0 How much can you assume your\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 audience knows about this topic?\u00a0 What is the best way to appeal to your viewer?\u00a0 (ex. Humor, vivid examples, serious tone).\u00a0 How will they be impacted by your choice of media?<\/strong><\/li>\n
                • Your message\/argument:\u00a0 What do you want the viewer to learn from your project? How can you articulate it clearly so you can be sure that they understand what the \u201ctake-away\u201d message is?<\/li>\n
                • Your medium:\u00a0 Is it easy to read\/view\/interpret?\u00a0 Is there a logical connection between the medium and the data you are mapping?\u00a0 Have you taken into consideration the design principles we have discussed in class?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  Point Breakdown:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  Mapping\/Data Visualization Resource: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 150 points<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  Progress reports\/process work\/project statement:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 50 points<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  Presentation and visual aid\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 100 points<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  Participation in Library display\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 50 points\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n


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