{"id":710,"date":"2016-03-29T23:19:39","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T23:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/co-lab\/?p=710"},"modified":"2018-04-20T10:05:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T14:05:00","slug":"project-03-observational-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.design.ncsu.edu\/co-lab\/project-03-observational-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Map Series 03: Perceptions of Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 06 -April 27 | 3 weeks | Research Methodologies: Observational and Participatory Research | Mapping Methodology: Observational\u00a0Maps<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Anu Mathur and Dilip da Cunha, Mississippi Floods<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/i>In this third\u00a0series of maps will use mapping along with observational and participatory research methods to capture diverse perspectives and multi-modal perceptions of place. These maps will\u00a0build on\u00a0the narratives captured in the first two map series, but also offer a comparative alternative which captures\u00a0sensed and perceived data in contrast to the more quantitative data used in earlier maps.\u00a0We ask that you experiment with a wide range of observational, data collection and recording techniques to construct rich, layered maps which “thicken” our collective definitions of place and history. \u00a0Building on the term “thick description”, borrowed from the social sciences and coined by Gilbert Ryle and Clifford Geertz, these maps aim to not just describe what is at\/on a site today, but explore how maps can uncover and expose a holistic understanding of the dynamic, contextual forces which\u00a0construct place.<\/p>\n

To begin, each of you is asked to identify a specific location in the city to visit, observe, and collect diverse perceptions of which will form the foundation of these maps. This specific location could be a singular historic site, a corridor or street, or a small neighborhood which is relevant to\u00a0your\u00a0research question(s) and earlier\u00a0maps.<\/p>\n

For this series, you are asked to construct ONE map which explores the site\/location through the lenses of: physical space, interconnected location, social territory, or dynamic flows. In the first week of the project you are asked to visit your site multiple times and collect diverse data types and content which record and capture perceptions through photography, sound recordings, textural rubbings, sketches, cognitive maps, images from google\/way-finding tools, sound recordings, smell recordings, participatory surveys, observations of people, found object collage, etc. During your site visits and throughout the first few weeks of this project, we encourage you to work quickly and explore numerous graphic strategies which explore the potential of notations, gestural sketches, and other expressive means to convey and organize your perceptions into maps which provide a counter-geography to typical geo-spatial aerial maps. In addition to the more experiential information that you will collect through photographs and drawings, you should also include quantitative data. You could collect this on your site visit OR use some of the data you have collected as some of your previous map series.<\/p>\n

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