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TTH 1:30-2:45
BRNG B280
J. Tirrell
jtirrell@purdue.edu
office: HEAV 207
office hours:
TTH 3:00-4:00

Project 1: Mapping

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2006-08-10 15:40.

For Project 1, we will explore how information is transmitted through the visual medium of mapping. Despite their common connotations, maps are more than top-down views of streets and buildings; maps locate individuals in a particular relationship of data and orient them to a way of seeing.

Each student will produce a map to communicate information that other maps obscure. Examples of such maps include Joseph Jacinto Mora's "Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciúncula," Worldmapper's global visualizations of subject areas, and INA's Iconographics.

To produce their maps, students will do critical research over visual rhetoric. Students also will analyze their own work and the work of others.

The elements of this project may be delivered in a print, digital, or other format, but all projects must be organized, accessible, and professional.

Project Deliverables:

  • your map
  • a reproduction and citation of an applicable source map with accompanying critique
  • a critique of your map identifying rhetorical choices, successes, and places to improve

Due Date:

Map drafts will be posted to the Project 1 First Drafts gallery by the beginning of class on Thursday, Sept. 7. Drafts of maps, source critiques, and self critiques are due on Tuesday, Sept. 12. The complete final project is due at the beginning of class on Thursday, Sept. 19.

Grading:

The rubric for this project is available here.
Source map critique Dos and Don'ts and some examples are available here.

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