Readings
- Richard White, “What is Spatial History?” Stanford University Spatial History Project (2010). http://www.stanford.edu/group/spatialhistory/cgi-bin/site/pub.php?id=29
- Stephen Robertson, “Putting Harlem on the Map,” Writing History in the Digital Age, edited by Jack Dougherty and Kristen Nawrotzki (University of Michigan Press, 2013), http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dh/12230987.0001.001/1:8/–writing-history-in-the-digital-age?g=dculture;rgn=div1;view=fulltext;xc=1#8.2
- Spatial humanities workshop, especially the pages on spatial data and data maps. http://lincolnmullen.com/projects/spatial-workshop/
Activities
Morning (9:00am to 12:00pm)
- Discuss the Readings
- Digital Methods: Introduction to spatial data and mapping
- 10:30 Break (15 minutes)
- Hands-on: Mapping points with CartoDB
Lunch (12:00 to 1:00pm)
Afternoon (1:00pm to 4:00pm)
- Digital Methods: Spatial data joins
- 2:15 Break (15 minutes)
- Hands-on: Mapping polygons with CartoDB
- Wrap up: Discussion of mapping for research and teaching