The signs says? And doesn’t say?

Created by Brett Oppegaard, for Washington State University Vancouver's DTC 375 class, spring 2011

Another social construction. ...

What is a map?

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Anything amiss?

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Anything amiss?

What defines the boundaries?

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What information does it organize?

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What information does it organize?

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How other people envision it …

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If a globe, why Europe in the center?

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That is a perspective ...

What does a map really depict?

What does a map really depict?

A map is a piece of visual rhetoric, depicting a “place” at a particular

point in time but that has been intentionally reduced in size, and its

contents have been selectively distilled.

- David T. Stephens, “Making Sense of Maps,”courtesy of HistoryMatters.gmu.edu

Can it tell a story?

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Do connections have to be physical?

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What are the boundaries?

Do they have to be flat?

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