Mapping – THATCamp New Souths 2014 http://newsouths2014.thatcamp.org Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:04:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 Jackson Ward, then and now http://newsouths2014.thatcamp.org/2014/03/15/jackson-ward-then-and-now/ http://newsouths2014.thatcamp.org/2014/03/15/jackson-ward-then-and-now/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:11:08 +0000 http://newsouths2014.thatcamp.org/?p=220 Continue reading ]]>

THANKS to everybody who helped out with this!

Update 3/19: VCU Libraries Archives Coordinator Ray Bonis sent along a collection of even older photos of the Jackson Ward neighborhood in 1907 from the Internet Archive.


Original proposal:

So much of the South and southern identity is tied to a sense of place. Time passes, people come and go, but geography stays the same. I am fascinated by this idea.

VCU Libraries has a great set of 1970s photos of Richmond’s historically African-American Jackson Ward district both in our Digital Collections site and on Flickr.

I propose we stroll over to Jackson Ward, make then-and-now photos of some of these structures, and find a way to share these photos in a way that tells a story about the neighborhood and the city.

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Directions to Balliceaux for post-workshop socializing http://newsouths2014.thatcamp.org/2014/03/14/directions-to-balliceaux-for-post-workshop-socializing/ Fri, 14 Mar 2014 20:02:40 +0000 http://newsouths2014.thatcamp.org/?p=234 Continue reading ]]>

THATCampers, please join us at Balliceaux whether you could attend the workshop or not.  We’ll be over there around 5:30 or so and should be the first big-ish group in the place.

Balliceaux
203 N. Lombardy St.
Richmond, VA

Here is a map for the walk/drive to Balliceaux from the Academic Learning Commons (workshops). Right turn out of the building on Floyd Ave., right at the end of the block onto Harrison St., two blocks to a left turn onto Grove Ave; four blocks to a right on Lombardy; Balliceaux on the right.

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What’s Your Story? http://newsouths2014.thatcamp.org/2014/03/14/whats-your-story/ Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:05:52 +0000 http://newsouths2014.thatcamp.org/?p=217 Continue reading ]]>

I’d like to have a session about telling stories digitally, using whatever tools, on whichever platforms. Depending on our interest, this could be show-and-tell about interesting stories you’ve seen or created, brief walkthroughs of tools you’ve used, ideas about best practices, etc. Not thinking of a full-on intro to Digital Storytelling, like Bud Deihl’s workshop Friday, though maybe those of us who attend it can use some of what we learn there as a springboard for discussion & ideas.

Alternatively, if we want to run a Make-type session, we could try to create a story told collaboratively across many platforms, to give us all a hand at trying new tools. In this kind of scenario, perhaps we could all resolve to try a new (to us) platform for storytelling, but offer to act as resources for each other — e.g. I don’t have an Instagram account, so maybe I could try to tell part of our story on there and learn something about it, while answering questions about, e.g., WordPress. Not necessarily thinking of a complete/coherent narrative here; it could be finding new ways to present different aspects of a fictional project (Newspapers to Prisoners; Enslaved Geographies; etc.).

I like fiction and telling stories, but the practical takeaways I see for participants would be:

  • Exposure to new tools
  • Ideas about pitfalls & virtues of different kinds of storytelling
  • Examples of online engagement/storytelling that might inspire you to try new things with promoting/discussing your project
  • (Perhaps) experience using a new-to-you storytelling tool
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something about mapping http://newsouths2014.thatcamp.org/2014/03/11/something-about-mapping/ http://newsouths2014.thatcamp.org/2014/03/11/something-about-mapping/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:45:34 +0000 http://newsouths2014.thatcamp.org/?p=189 Continue reading ]]>

Since mapping seems to be the de rigueur route to engagement, I’m looking for more interactive ways to present historical maps, documents, etc. with a geospatial element. We already use HistoryPin (primarily for photos), but have found that to be fairly one-sided. I want the audience to actively participate, to have to work for it, not just present them with visualizations. Something which encourages our patrons to draw their own conclusions from historical maps and discuss or share would be magical.

I’m interested in learning more about the Omeka plugin Neatline (neatline.org/), VisualEyes (www.viseyes.org/), or any other open source tools that you all might know.

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