Week 9

Spatial Narratives

READINGS

1. David Bodenhamer, “Narrating Space and Place,” in Deep Maps and Spatial Narratives ed Bodenhamer, Corrigan and Harris (Indiana University Press, 2015)
2. Slave Revolt in Jamaica, 1760-1761.
   1. Vincent Brown, “Mapping a Slave Revolt: Visualizing Spatial History through the Archives of Slavery,” Social Text 33, no. 4 125 (December 2015): 134–41.
   2. Claudio Saunt, “Mapping Space, Power, and Social Life,” Social Text 33, no. 4 125 (December 2015): 147–51.
   3. Natalie A. Zacek, “Reading the Rebels and Mining the Maps: Digital Humanities and Cartographic Narratives,” The American Historical Review 121, no. 1 (February 2016): 167–75.
   4. Vincent Brown, “Narrative Interface for New Media History: Slave Revolt in Jamaica, 1760–1761,” The American Historical Review 121, no. 1 (February 2016): 176–86.
3. Mapping Occupation
   1. Stephanie Kingsley, “Plotting Freedom: Data Mapping Leads to New Visions of Reconstruction,” Perspectives on History (Oct.1, 2016)

SUGGESTED PROJECTS

• Edward Ayers, Justin Maldron and Nathaniel Ayers, Southern Journey (Digital Scholarship Lab, 2020)
• Nicholas Bauch, Enchanting the Desert (Stanford University Press, 2016) [skim]
• Stephanie Curci and Chris Jones, Mapping the Haitian Revolution
• Mapping Segregation in Washington, DC – Story Maps: http://www.mappingsegregationdc.org/index.html#story.
• Bodies and Structures 2.0: Deep-Mapping Modern East Asian History: https://bodiesandstructures.org/bodies-and-structures-2/index. (choose one module)

SUGGESTED TOOLS

• StoryMapJS
  • Erin Bush tutorial
  • Lindsay Wieck tutorial  
• ArcGIS StoryMaps [accessible with an ArcGIS public account (free)]
  • ESRI tutorial