SUSTAINABLE DESIGN CAPSTONE SEMINAR UNIT 2: COLLECTING AND REPRESENTING DATA (25 POINTS)
Intercontinental connections of people and goods, 14th-20th centuries (Aneesha Dharwadker, 2018). Made with Adobe Illustrator.
READING
Whitney Battle-Baptiste and Britt Rusert (eds.), W.E.B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America (2018). PDF of selected images Link to full text (requires Illinois login)
SCHEDULE
Tuesday 9/20: GIS Tutorial
Thursday 9/22: GIS Review and Lecture
Tuesday 9/27: Work Session and Illustrator Tutorial
Thursday 9/29: Work Session
Tuesday 10/4: Groups 3 & 4 Presentations (Daniel G., McKenna, Dania, Julie, Xuanshu, Ellie, Krystal, Tobi, Noel, Kyle, Ukay)
Thursday 10/6: Groups 1 & 2 Presentations (Sadeen, Maddie, Jasmine, Alexandria, Joy, Daniel C., Danica, Brian, Therese, Oriya, Farizi, Pat)
ASSIGNMENT
Choose a data set of interest to you using the sources suggested during the GIS tutorial (plus other links below). You are not limited to these resources, but these are a good place to start in terms of data that are comprehensive and reliable. You might continue your research topic from Unit 1, or explore something different.
Create one map using GIS and one non-spatial diagram using a software of your choosing. The images should help you explain a topic, issue, or problem, or help you make an argument for changing an existing condition.
Each image should be laid out on its own 11x17 sheet and printed for your presentations in the first week of October. Make sure to keep track of your sources and cite them on your layouts.