Dynamic Madison: Mapping as a Collective

Caroline Rose
University of Wisconsin–Madison
#nacis2015

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1. Dynamic Madison:
   Mapping as a Collective
   Caroline Rose cmr.rose@gmail.com @cmrRose
   Clare Trainor trainor.clare@gmail.com @ClareMTrainor
   University of Wisconsin- Madison
   

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3. “an atlas is at least implicit in every place” (Solnit 2010, vii)
   (2010) (2013)
   

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4. “The Line-Up: Live Oak
   Corridors and Carnival
   Parade Route”
   

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5. “An atlas is a collection of versions of a place…
   snatching out of the infinite ether of potential versions
   a few that will be made concrete and visible.”
   (Solnit 2010, vii)
   

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6. “Monarchs and Queens:
   Butterfly Habitats and
   Queer Public Spaces”
   “Poison/Palate:
   The Bay Area in
   Your Body”
   

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7. Facilitator: Prof. Keith Woodward
   Doug Adams, Corinne Ehrfurth, Molly Schumacher (State Street)
   Lucy Argent, Michael Arnsteen, Veronica Plum, Laura Szymanski (Glaciers and Movement)
   Hallah Ghanem, A.J. Rohn, Clare Trainor (Parks and Prisons)
   Hannah Friedrich, Andrea Lyke, Erik Kramer (Musical Spaces)
   Kyle Hulse, Wan-Jun Lu, Adrienne Tracy (Park Street and Food)
   Chelsea Nestel, Griffin Schauer (Paranormal Madison)
   Greta Hippensteel, Caitlin Quintenz, Colton Schara (Radical Spaces)
   Clara Dockter, Megan Howell, Kelsi Wallander (Greenbush Neighborhood)
   Auditing: Caroline Rose
   

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9. ○
   State Street Redevelopment / Gentrification
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   Glaciers and Movement/transportation
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   Parks and Prisons
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   Musical Spaces and Architecture
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   Food, Race, and Access on Park Street
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   Paranormal Madison
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   Protest Locations and Ultimate Frisbee Fields
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   Greenbush Neighborhood
   Eight Topics
   

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10. Infinite City:
    a San Francisco Atlas
    Rebecca Solnit
    

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11. - One semester
    - Topics chosen by committee
    - Random distribution of technical skills
    - No template basemap
    ...what could go wrong?
    

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12. “King Street to
    State Street:
    Frautschi's Fantasy
    Comes to Fruition”
    

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13. “Glacial Past,
    Dynamic Future”
    

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14. “Parks and Prisons”
    

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15. “Musical Spaces”
    

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16. “The Food Landscape
    of South Park Street”
    

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17. “Occult Signs”
    

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18. “Occult Signs”
    

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19. “Radical Spaces”
    

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21. Ultimate Frisbee and Protest Spaces
    

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23. “Radical Spaces”
    

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24. “Spaghetti Corners:
    The Intersection of Community and Change”
    

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30. Essay Map
    Typical reading
    and alternative design process
    “Maps are always invitations in ways that texts and pictures are not” (Solnit 2010,8)
    

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31. Essay Map
    Our design process
    

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32. Essay Map
    Writing and mapping… which drives the other..?
    

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33. Death and Beauty Solnit Atlas
    

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34. ● Choose topics based on interest
    ○ the challenge of technical cartography skills
    ○ Teach technical skills early?
    ○ Better use of mapping consultants?
    

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35. ● Choose topics based on interest
    ○ the challenge of technical cartography skills
    ○ Teach technical skills early?
    ○ Better use of mapping consultants?
    ● Map earlier
    

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36. ● Choose topics based on interest
    ○ the challenge of technical cartography skills
    ○ Teach technical skills early?
    ○ Better use of mapping consultants?
    ● Map earlier
    ● Map before writing
    ○ could produce different connections: more spatially interesting?
    

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37. Clare Trainor
    trainor.clare@gmail.com
    @ClareMTrainor
    Caroline Rose
    cmr.rose@gmail.com
    @cmrRose
    

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