1 10 38 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/c325206506e259ca46ddac9eb6850788.JPG a6cdb7ce591607ce900a24824473578c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2017 - Sketch 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Akshay Verma Description An account of the resource Comparing my map to an official campus one, it looks like my sense of where the streets are is a bit off. Before making this map, I walked around campus consciously, taking special note of where streets were in relation to one another so that I could better draw this map from memory. Another shortcoming of my map is its scale; I did not perhaps do the best job in portraying how big and far apart major buildings and parks are when compared to one another. Aside from this, my map does share general similarities to an “official” map. I used the Charles River as the starting point in making my sketch, which proved helpful in laying everything out. Although the scale might be a bit off, I seem to have gotten correct the general sense of where things are—the Quad, the Law School, Science Center, campus buildings, the River, the athletic fields, the Harvard Art Museums, and other campus buildings. The two are different largely because my rendition of the map was a reflection of how I walk around Harvard Square and the spaces I use most. When I sketched it out, I found myself marking the places I know best, and then going from there. This “skewed” my map a little because these spaces tended to be bigger and more defined than streets, buildings, and areas I don’t necessarily go to. This was a primary reason why, I think, my sketch is fairly different from the original, and why maps like this that are drawn from memory are inherently subjective representations of physical space. Apart from spatially mapping different major streets, buildings, and green spaces in my sketch, I also explore the relative density of different areas in the Square. These are represented by the dots. This allowed me to think back to my own experiences on the streets to note where people tend to congregate. Certain places, such as near the T and the Smith Center, are much more densely used than spaces like around JFK Park or between Cambridge Common and the Quad. This was a really fascinating look into how and why people congregate in certain places over others. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/1c87a939512f6d573ef1aa5002f3c0c8.jpg c90252fcdd74c21c969615fcc9fe505a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2017 - Sketch 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alex Afeyan Description An account of the resource My map is quite accurate with regards to the buildings of the Yard, and relatively accurate with respect to the river house area of campus. However, it fell fall short of proportions on the location of the Quad. I was not familiar with the path to the Quad, as I do not spend a lot of time there. In addition, there were many paths in the Yard that I was not familiar with, as they are relatively randomly laid out. The shapes of the common spaces and houses by the river were also not clear in my memory, so I had to guess about a few of them. There was a large area West of the Yard the shape of which I had no idea, but none of it is part of the campus proper. Finally, the campus of the Law School and the Science Labs extends far North of where I drew, but I have not interacted with that part of campus yet. I am very familiar with the shape of the river and the bridges of the river because I have rowed on it, which helped me draw that part of campus. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/000671d6971b6474d590510cc47a8847.jpg 4b93c4f99c085a7a53e5b05c4c9b63f8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2017 - Sketch 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Andrew Soldini Description An account of the resource The sketch that I made was for the most part accurate in the depiction of known regions yet struggled on its representation of places not usually traveled. For example, the yard is represented fairly accurately down to the walking paths yet the law school shows very little accuracy to what is actually there. I also did not do a very good job of encompassing the full size of the places I have less knowledge of. There are missing regions and buildings. The exact alignment of streets with landmarks was a difficult task where there were a few misaligned areas due to making structures larger than they are proportionally in real life. It showed that I relate to the city in a very practical way. The stores I go to and the buildings I walk around and go into are the ones that I remember. The irregular shape of some buildings also provides a challenge to the fixed grid notions of uniformity that are easier to imagine and work with. Many times I had to go back and add the interesting features such as the road splitting where the Lampoon building is. It was also true that the buildings that are more prominent in my own life were disproportionately larger on my map, another sign of implicit bias toward the self in the mind’s eye. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/684983e943a3068d1ef23e8e63c41bf5.jpg 26a29b886f33ab3d45a5ecb291104025 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2017 - Sketch 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Anja Moser Description An account of the resource Comparing the sketch I drew from memory for this assignment to a map I bought when I arrived here in Cambridge three weeks ago, it stroke me that there were vast areas on the campus and in the city I did not know – let alone how they looked like. Whereas I was able to measure distances quite accurately - I believe this is thanks to my daily commute either on my bicycle or by foot - I was not able to sketch a “complete” map of Harvard Square and surrounding. Rather, I realized that my sketch only features the environment I interact with on a daily basis such as the buildings I have courses in, my local bakery or green spaces I use to go for a run – short, the sketch only featured what is important for me as an individual to be able to interact with the city and to get around in it. Furthermore, in contrast to the map I bought, I structured my sketch in commercial, residential and green areas – again a help for me to get around. Whereas the map only showed streets and houses and made no distinctions between different uses of the buildings and streets, my sketch allowed me to locate shops, private homes or University property and even bike lanes on the streets. In my opinion these differences between my sketch and the map stem from the following reasoning: maps are a highly simplified reflection of reality. By reducing complexity to one specific layer of a city – such as the street system and adjacent housing in the example of the map I bought – they allow their users to be able to orient themselves and find what they are looking for. However in order to be able to do so maps only show one aspect of the complex reality. If we for example included a heat map on top of the street map it would definitely serve the homeless person to find what he is looking for (a warm shelter) – however it would confuse the car driver looking for a specific street. Each map hence serves its own purpose. Therefore, I believe my sketch is different from the map I bought because it represents the layers important to me personally (green spaces, university buildings, roads were I bike etc.) – or put it differently because it represents my view of reality and how I relate to and interact with the city I now live in. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/7d1e591da278df9f4d9ed8ba6e7bc593.JPG 345631fe5991c0dc9ba116ae38e530a2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2017 - Sketch 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bennett Vogt Description An account of the resource This assignment certainly posed a unique challenge. It was fascinating to see how my mind is concentrated on the areas that I know best and how to get between them. My high school commute was prominently featured, as transportation hubs featured strongly as did the clearly defined route of the redline. Places where I spend a great deal of time, such as the quad, Adams House, and my laboratory in Northwest Labs were also evident. When I went to add color it was interesting how the most important aspect for me was greenery, which seemed to add some depth and texture to an otherwise soulless map. For the most part I correctly identified orientation and number of streets in the region, but I failed most to acknowledge the size and complexity of the blocks. Areas that I knew better tended to be smaller with greater detail paradoxically, and those that I did not grew large and incoherent. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/29bad52b8116b6178b1f131c66ff187a.jpg 8b8afad48858273209880c77ddb2e067 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2017 - Sketch 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bo Choi Description An account of the resource My map was focused on me and therefore decent for the paths I take most frequently—upperclassmen houses, buildings I have classes in, and stores and restaurants that I visit. I also included certain markers that I use. For instance, on my way to the Quad, I know I’m almost there when I see the second Longy Music School building, but I don’t pay attention to whatever is in between. Similarly, I see Boston only in terms of the buildings and roads that I am familiar with. Additionally, I realized that I drew almost all buildings as rectangles, because I never thought about what they looked like from above. This may suggest that I relate to places and buildings in a city for their functions rather than their architecture. I also noticed that I prioritized fitting everything in rather than geographical accuracy. As a Harvard Band member, I play at hockey, basketball, and football games, but I realized, I had no idea how big the buildings were, just their relative placement. Quincy house, for instance, became over-elongated because in my head it went two blocks, so that took precedent over its realistic size. Even though I know the streets, I don’t really have a sense of size when thinking about a city. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/77e0d869a22d6a7d920c50463f391d54.JPG 0cc81c690ecda8c93bd596905024c963 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/ae626ff28287c3e097111cdee33fa54c.JPG d60fa15f3caa93bab02f5a859cef6139 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/d0dd355aa60dcc0ba33e49c83ef81da7.JPG 86c1696f0c7df2cb62f74cebb2cd8d66 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2017 - Sketch 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Christopher Chen Description An account of the resource Christopher Chen The most difficult and different part of the sketch was getting the physical shapes, sizes, and relative orientations of the map features correctly. For example, most of the buildings are actually smaller than I expected. I am pretty proud of my map, in that I think it is pretty accurate. My perceptions of size and my memory make the two maps differently, suggesting I use and remember different features of the city than a camera would photograph. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/a37bd03f8d2ef3a0e11b0816a9bdfb1c.JPG 9f08cf0ad51aa0371fb65c961ae5b2e9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2017 - Sketch 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Christopher Ulian Description An account of the resource The major issues that I faced with my sketch were scaling and framing. I began with the athletics complex, but the mental diagram I had pictured the athletic facilities as much more prominent than they actually are (although maybe it was just because I began with them that they are so large in my diagram). Because the athletic facilities are so large, I didn't have room to include the quad, even though I never really go to the quad and probably wouldn't have been able to sketch that area of campus accurately. I also didn't get to include much of the yard. Maybe it does make sense that my diagram is centered around Kirkland, where I live and spend most of my time. The central route up Dunster St. is one I take multiple times every day, and so I was able to sketch that part of the square very accurately. Overall, I was surprised by how inaccurate my mental diagram of the square was, and how hard it was to try and sketch accurately the space I inhabit every day. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/534af11e362e42a5e2b1aecd1ef4e938.pdf 15b2180cef8f4c34f5f90f4e7a6ae0c1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2017 - Sketch 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Claudia Laurie Description An account of the resource My sketch was based on a diagram relating to major landmarks and centralities and how they relate to each other. I found myself starting to draw the landmarks that meant the most to me at my earliest days art Harvard, such as by drawing Harvard Yard and marking John Harvard statue as that was a frequent meeting point freshman year. I then expanded the map to important buildings I have had classes in, such as the GSD and Science Center. When I noted areas north-west of the yard, my drawings were much less accurate as I hardly ever go to the quad and am not that familiar with the western Law-school region. I then moved south, and as I did, closer to where I now currently live, the scale of my diagram increased incredibly to the point where the houses I spend the most amount of time are disproportionately massive in comparison to where I spend time during my earlier years. My diagram doesn't even get to representing the Harvard campus over the bridge as I don't have any strong memories of time over there and therefore the area seems insignificant to me. I was also struck by how my representations of landmarks were all rectangular. I felt that I was struggling to get every building I have spend time in, represented and did not have enough space to do so, especially as the scale became more and more disproportionate. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/481f31232d6bd9551923b627ba4ee38d.JPG 78143c3e37a078f2d4a2a4a688d9e50d https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/854ac153b6702e58f74977dd4414577d.jpg 66fb8cf57e8337765429070acced5d79 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2017 - Sketch 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Darrell Huang Description An account of the resource I started off the sketch quite unconfident in my memory of Harvard’s campus (and also in my ability to draw). However, comparing it to Google’s map of Harvard, my sketch does capture the locations of the Harvard Law School, the Yard, the Quad, and the Athletic complex relative to each other. Before I began my sketch, I was able to imagine a top-down view of the campus which gave me a clear sense of directionality. My memory failed when I was attempting to draw the streets that run through Harvard Square. I could not remember how long certain streets were, where streets intersected, and the directionality of the traffic. The reason for this may have been my lack of familiarity with certain parts of the campus; I have not been to parts of Brattle Street and have only made the trek to the Quad twice. Overall, my sketch was accurate in depicting the main parts of the campus, but failed to capture everything in between (i.e. streets, number of blocks, and other buildings). The parts of my sketch that were accurate include Harvard Yard, the Law School, and the surrounding areas. The parts that were a little off include JFK street and its surrounding blocks and the Quad. The parts that were completely false include the space west of the bridge to the athletic center as well as the neighborhood around the Quad. Furthermore, my roads were astonishingly off in regards to directionality and length. I suppose this reveals my lack of understanding of certain parts of the campus as well as my inattentiveness to the streets and roads of Harvard Square. This also reveals that I, along with many other freshmen I presume, spend the majority of my time in the Harvard Yard/Science Center area. Perhaps upperclassmen, graduate students, and residents would produce a wholly different sketch of Harvard Square.