Instructors: Sheila Brennan, Sharon Leon, and Resident Instructor Lincoln Mullen
Readings
- Knowles, Anne. “A Cutting-Edge Second Look at the Battle of Gettysburg.” Smithsonian Magazine, June 27, 2013. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/A-Cutting-Edge-Second-Look-at-the-Battle-of-Gettysburg-1-180947921/?no-ist.
- Monmonier, Mark S. How to Lie with Maps. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
- Mullen, Lincoln. “Spatial Humanities Workshop.” Lincolnmullen.com. 2015. http://lincolnmullen.com/projects/spatial-workshop/.
- Robertson, Stephen. “Putting Harlem on the Map.” In Writing History for the Digital Age. Digital Humanities. University of Michigan Press, 2013. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dh/12230987.0001.001/1:8/–writing-history-in-the-digital-age?g=dculture;rgn=div1;view=fulltext;xc=1#8.2.
- White, Richard. “What Is Spatial History?” The Spatial History Project, February 1, 2010. http://web.stanford.edu/group/spatialhistory/cgi-bin/site/pub.php?id=29.
Activities
Morning
- Discuss readings
- Digital Methods: Introduction to spatial data and mapping
- Hands-on Session: Georectifying maps with Map Warper
- Break
- Hands-on Session: Omeka and Neatline
Afternoon
- Hands-on Session: Mapping points with Carto
- Lincoln’s Spatial Humanities Workshop materials
- Break
- Digital Methods: Spatial data joins
- Hands-on Session: Mapping polygons with Carto
Extra Material
Zotero Folder – Day 5 – Mapping and Spatial Humanities