the signs says? and doesn’t say? created by brett oppegaard, for washington state university...
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The signs says? And doesn’t say?
Created by Brett Oppegaard, for Washington State University Vancouver's DTC 375 class, spring 2011
Another social construction. ...
What is a map?
Courtesy of: EPA.gov
Anything amiss?
Courtesy of: AlaskaHeritage.com
Anything amiss?
What defines the boundaries?
Courtesy of: strangemaps.wordpress.com
What information does it organize?
Courtesy of: en.wikipedia.org
What information does it organize?
Courtesy of: Woodsideblogs.com
How other people envision it …
Courtesy of: neatorama.com
Courtesy of: worldpress.org
If a globe, why Europe in the center?
Courtesy of: smartdesigns.com
That is a perspective ...
What does a map really depict?
What does a map really depict?
A map is a piece of visual rhetoric, depicting a “place” at a particular
point in time but that has been intentionally reduced in size, and its
contents have been selectively distilled.
- David T. Stephens, “Making Sense of Maps,”courtesy of HistoryMatters.gmu.edu
Can it tell a story?
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Courtesy of: strangemaps.wordpress.com
Do connections have to be physical?
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What are the boundaries?
Do they have to be flat?
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