Readings:
One page per article/chapter.
Papers marked with a * were handed out in hardcopy at the start of the quarter.
Readings 1: Due Friday, 18 January. 2 points.
- The Power of Maps. Scientific American, May, 1993 (pdf on data drive)
- From How to Lie with Maps: Foreward, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2. One brief writeup for each.
- Chapter 1, Designing Better Maps
Readings 2: Due Friday, 25 January. 2 points.
- Chapters 3 and 4, How to Lie with Maps
- Chapters 6 and 7, Designing Better Maps
Readings 3: Due Friday, 1 February. 2 points.
- Chapters 2 and 3, Designing better Maps.
- *Faith-based Cartography by Mark Monmonier. Mercator's World. 2002.
- Making Maps that Communicate. ArcUser. Oct/Dec 2001 http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/1001/files/bettermaps.pdf
Readings 4: Due Friday, 8 February. 2 points.
- Chapter 11 from How to Lie With Maps
- Chapters 4 and 5 from Designing Better Maps
- Worth a Thousand Words. The Economist, 19 December, 2007 http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10278643
Readings 5: Due Friday, 15 February. 2 points.
- *Ethical Problems in Cartography: Cartographic Perspectives, number 7, 1990
- Chapters 4, 5, and 6 from How to Lie with Maps
Readings 6: Due Friday, 22 February. 2 points.
- Chapters 7, 8, and 10 from How to Lie with Maps
- The World on Your Desktop: The Economist, 6 Sept, 2007 http://www.economist.com/search/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9719045
Readings 7: Due Friday, 29 February. 2 points.
- Chapters 9 and 12, How to Lie with Maps.
- *Cartography is Dead (thank god!) Denis Wood. Cartograpic Perspectives, number 45. 2003
- The map that named America. Reuters News - 3 December, 2007 (follow link from article name)
For EACH paper, do the following:
1. Outline the paper (in outline format)
2. Summarise the main points of the article (at least one paragraph, depending on the complexity of the paper) and how the info in the article might relate to other papers, lectures, other readings, your own experience, etc… In other words, show that you have thought about the article, not just rehashed the last paragraph or two.
When grading outlines, I ask the question 'did the student read the paper.'
When grading summaries, I ask the question 'did the student think about the paper.' In short, if all the information in the summary is in the paper, I cannot give full credit.
Note: to be accepted, the writeups MUST be typed. They are due by 5:00 on the due date (in my mailbox). Late writeups will NOT be accepted.
Grading: Each set of readings will be worth 2% of your final grade.
Also note: information pulled from the readings will be on the midterm and final exams.
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