“To be subversive, is to wish to overthrow, destroy or undermine the principles of established orders. As such subversive cartographies offer alternative representations to established social and political norms. Maps are no longer cast as mirrors of reality, instead they are increasingly conceived as diverse ways of thinking, perceiving and representing space and place which express values, world-views and emotions. Maps are no longer part of an elite discourse: they can empower, mystify, and enchant. More critical assessments of mapping increasingly explore subversive contexts strongly associated with innovative methodological approaches, with mapping seen as an explicitly situated form of knowledge. This shift has been strongly facilitated by the increasing popularity of new media, burgeoning technological change and newly developing mapping spaces (eg OpenStreetMap, WorldMapper and EmotionMap). So subversive mapping has an agency, which can be enacted outside existing cartographic conventions. It has escaped from the grasp of cartographers: everybody is mapping nowadays.”
Another aspect of science is patterns. There a lot of patterns around us. Today we are going to examine some of these by practicing subversive cartography. We are going to pick a bunch of things that don't normally get mapped on campus. You will be asked to make some predictions about what you will find. Go out and map them. Finally we will overlay some maps and see what patterns emerge.
So far, we have 1)Defined the problem 2) communicated with others 3) Formed the question 4)and articulated the expectation.
ReplyDeleteWe expect to find signs everywhere, but especially by roads and heavy traffic areas of campus.
Communicating with Others
ReplyDeleteMake Observations
Defining the Problem
Forming the Questions
We expect to find green space in places where it is open and where there are no buildings close together. Also around tree areas.
Group: Victoria, Christina, Daniela
To find all the signs on Campus, our group carried out the study, communicated with each other, made observations, examined the results, and reflected on the findings. we discovered that the signs were everywhere, just like we predicted.
ReplyDeleteMade Observations
ReplyDeleteReflected on Findings
Examined Results
Communicating with Others
Group: Victoria, Christina, Daniela
We observed green spaces around campus, here are our correlations with the other groups.
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There was not a pattern of people to green space. We think this is because it is colder but we think there will be more people in the afternoon when it gets warmer.
Birds:
There was a greater pattern of birds in the green space around the duck pond. Also near the Popejoy and SUB areas. This might be because this is where they can find food. They were also in the bushes along Redondo Road.
Mountains:
Due to the amount of the trees around the green space, there was no sight of the mountains from any of these areas.
Bikes/Bike racks:
They were more along the buildings, roads, and pathways. There were a few near the green space.
Trash:
There were trashcans located all around the duck pond. Also near courtyards and pathways that were around the grass. This is to keep the green space nice and clean.
Group: Victoria, Christina, Daniela