Interview with Jerry Brotton on the History of Maps - CBC Spark

If you get a chance, do have a listen to this podcast before this week's
class. More important than the readings really, except for the "Guide to
small Map Collections"

http://www.cbc.ca/spark/full-interviews/2012/12/07/jerry-brotton-on-the-history-of-maps/

Marcel

INF2102 Week 2 readings and agenda - January 17th, 2013

Week 2 - January 17, 2013

An Introduction to geographic information, maps and mapping 

Topics : Geographic information; the evolution and “histories” of cartography; critical history of cartography; and the types and uses of maps

Readings:

Farrell, B. E., and A. Desbarats. 1984. Guide for a Small Map Collection. Ottawa: Association of Canadian Map Libraries. pp. 28-39. http://maps.library.utoronto.ca/FTP/INF2102/Week3/Farrell.pdf 

Robinson, A. H., and B. B. Petchenik. 1977. “The Map as a Communication System.” Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization 14 (1): 92–110. http://utpjournals.metapress.com/index/023561171TW606T5.pdf.

Thrower, Norman Joseph William. 2007. Maps & Civilization : Cartography in Culture and Society.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Preface  and Chapter 1 http://books1.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?id=498357

Wood, Denis. 2003. “Cartography Is Dead (Thank God!).” Cartographic Perspectives (45): 4–7. http://makingmaps.owu.edu/mm/cartographydead.pdf.

Further Suggested Readings

Board, Christopher. 2011. “Cartographic Communication.” In The Map Reader: Theories of Mapping Practice and Cartographic Representation, ed. Martin. Dodge, Rob. Kitchin, and C. R. Perkins, 57–64. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. http://books1.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?id=410269&page=70

Carter, J. R. 2005. “The Many Dimensions of Map Use.” In Proceedings, International Cartographic Conference. http://www.cartesia.org/geodoc/icc2005/pdf/oral/TEMA12/Session%203/JAMES%20CARTER.pdf.

Harley, J.B., and David Woodward. 1989. “Why Cartography Needs Its History.” Cartography and Geographic Information Science 16 (1) (January): 5–15. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/acsm/cagis/1989/00000016/00000001/art00001.

Monmonier, M. S. How to Lie with Maps. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Chapter 1

Morrison, Joel L. 2011. “The Science of Cartography and Its Essential Processes.” In The Map Reader: Theories of Mapping Practice and Cartographic Representation, ed. Martin. Dodge, Rob. Kitchin, and C. R. Perkins. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. http://books1.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?id=410269&page=57.

Robinson, Arthur, and Barbara B. Petchenik. 2011. On Maps and Mapping, from The Nature of Maps: Essays Toward Understanding Maps and Mapping. In The map reader: theories of mapping practice and cartographic representation, ed. Martin Dodge, Rob Kitchin, and C.R. Perkins, 2-7. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. http://books1.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?id=410269&page=50

Smart, Lez. Maps That Made History: The Influential, the Eccentric and the Sublime. North York: University of Toronto Press.  http://books1.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?id=37322&page=17. (Chapter 1) 

Creating a feed from a twitter hashtag

Simply add your search at the end of the following URL and an atom feed will be created from the hashtag http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=%23

turns in to http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=%23inf2102
For RSS, simply replace the word atom with rss, as in
http://search.twitter.com/search.rss?q=%23inf2102

Creating a feed from a hashtag allows you to create an archive of the hashtag since you can add the feed to aggregators. You can also add your feed to Google reader to archive the hashtag.

INF2102-l listserv, Course Outline, and Assignment 1

Most people have now joined the INF2102-l listserv.
Starting next week, I will make announcements via this list only and not
via the portal.
Please see the portal for current announcements on the first assignment
and the course outline. Please note that both are also available online
and here:
http://maps.library.utoronto.ca/INF2102/course_outline_jan_10_2013.pdf
http://maps.library.utoronto.ca/INF2102/INF2102H-Assignment1.doc

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Marcel

Blog Examples

Having difficulty thinking about what your blog should look like, have a look at the following web pages to get some ideas.

http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/develop-and-implement-course-blog-0 and

http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/making-student-blogs-pay-off-with-blog-audits/27559

You should also visit some of the examples of course blogs at : 

http://williamjturkel.net/teaching/history-9808a-digital-history-fall-2011/

http://williamjturkel.net/teaching/history-9832b-interactive-exhibit-design-winter-2012/

MF