3 10 221 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/c6128fe08ae1b288519356c9feb9816e.jpg 5c28f5bfc4642b72670546a39a7e351f 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 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 Erik Fliegauf Description An account of the resource This sketch was much more difficult than I expected. However, I was satisfied with my final product. I was aware of some potential errors at the outset. For example, I knew that I would underestimate the distance from the Yard to Radcliffe Quad. Of course, I was more correct about familiar places, like around my dorm (Hurlbut), the Yard, and my tour route. A history as a pre-freshman obsessed with both Harvard and maps more generally gave me an advantage. Even so, there were certain mistakes that I was surprised and even embarrassed by. I knew no buildings a block east of my dorm, since I only drive past that area. I got Cambridge Common Park completely wrong, as it doesn’t border the Yard nearly as far as I thought. The main takeaway was that even if you know an area well, and can navigate perfectly while in that space, it is incredibly hard to construct a bird’s eye view of that place. We remember things in two-dimensional visual snapshots, not in three-dimensional space. The “special features” had to do with people, movement, and activity, as my experience with Harvard focuses on the distinction between academics/work (and the associated places) and personal life. I also wanted to explore the distribution of tourists and students, as their interactions with space are completely different. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/b53f774542dfba801be9d95ec86765c1.jpg ff82fb3ffe8b32d05e4d6ee86df21ff7 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 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 Samuel Frum Description An account of the resource For my map I started by drawing what to me is Cambridge’s defining feature, the Charles River. From there I added the bridges which I row under every day, and the intersection of JFK and Memorial (the arteries I use to walk to practice). I added Mt. Auburn to the north, and then Mass Ave…the rest of the streets were a bit of a struggle. I began to fill in the locations of the coffee shops I frequent, Peet’s, Dunkin, Starbucks. I can easily imagine the surroundings of these locations. Restaurants next, Cambridge 1, Border Café, Beat Hotel, Felipes. I have spent much time looking out the windows of these establishments. Next I filled in what it outside my window, Winthrop House and the MAC quad. It was harder for me to remember the exact layout of the yard and Mass ave, my home base of three years ago. Additionally, the area west of the Charles Hotel, to which I rarely venture was difficult to map out. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/a6335273fa77b7d013f553db8a5b595f.jpg 9b4fee66c9758bfec88329dcd190a16c 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 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 Gaby Giotti Description An account of the resource One interesting thing I noted was that I completely turned the map’s orientation. That is, most maps illustrate the river to law school (down-up). For some reason, it was easier to envision the square and the Yard in that way. There was a clear poor sense of spacing in the areas I don’t often walk to. For example, the Dunster-Mather and Quad areas are very disproportionate. They are 1) too close to the yard and 2) either smaller or larger in comparison to other houses. Likewise, for the area past Lowell Lecture Hall—where I usually have class—there is a lot of free space and random buildings. Besides that, my map is fairly accurate to the original rendition. It captures most major buildings and provides a good sense of the pathways in play. These differences in proportion might suggest that we remember and are able to identity common spaces. It makes sense that we are more likely to mentally map out the yards and buildings we walk through every day. In addition, we are probably not very good at identifying streets that are not set on a grid pattern https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/6621ee1a0003a43e1c2639417f77222b.jpg d16386fc6ac19a54f8adbfc94a4d9bc8 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 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 Annie Goldsmith Description An account of the resource Overall, my map is pretty inaccurate; however, my portrayal of the Harvard Yard and Tercentenary Theatre areas is decent. I think this is because, as a freshman, I spend most of my time around the Yard so that region has become the most meaningful to me. It is also what I see on a daily basis, so I know my way around a bit better. The major flaw of my map is that I made the Yard too close to the Charles River. I think part of this was simply miscalculation while drawing, but another part is that I do not venture to the upperclassmen houses as much so I do not really know what is around there. When I do go to the river, I usually do so on runs so that makes the distance feel shorter than it is. Additionally, I made the river very large since, as I do not cross it that much, it feels like a strong barrier between Harvard and Boston. I also did not know the arrangement of streets in Harvard Square because I walk everywhere. Overall, the way my map turned out makes sense to me. It is accurate in the places I frequent, and very off in unfamiliar areas. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/60b853ef7def0eade21b4860ab2ba4f3.jpeg 89ebfd5c0570f76badf47a4787a557ad 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 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 John Griffin Description An account of the resource Attempting to reproduce a map of campus from memory, I realized that my knowledge was very limited to a small triangle bounded roughly by Dunster, the Yard, and the intersection of JFK and Mt. Auburn. My ability to map anything on the "other" side of JFK or anything past Quincy Street was basically non-existent, despite going to both places with some frequency. I was also surprised at the extent to which my memory of the Yard and the areas bounding Quincy Street were significantly better even than my memory of places near my own house. I also seem to have made the Quad bigger and closer than it actually is. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/8c13c78cda8579108f4effd5e793c79e.jpg e9cabc10ccdc56c48980380bd60317cc 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 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 Rebecca Grzyb Description An account of the resource In sketching my map of Harvard, I realized that the features of Cambridge that I can see clearly in my mind’s eye vary depending on the location. For instance, I am very familiar with the subtle curve along Garden Street because I walk up and down the street nearly every day, yet I am not familiar with the buildings and houses along Garden Street. Interestingly, I am familiar with the placement of buildings in Harvard Yard, but less so with the buildings’ orientation to the rest of campus. Since I seldom frequent the River Houses by foot, I am unfamiliar with the many streets that separate Harvard Square from the Charles River. After looking at an official university map, I began to recall many of the shops that I had forgotten about along, for instance, Mount Auburn Street. Nevertheless, I struggled to remember how it all fit together. The sinuous roads throughout Cambridge are disorienting. Overall, my map depicts a truncated version of Cambridge. I wonder if my depiction of Harvard’s campus and Cambridge, more generally, suggests that I perceive the area as a resource (instead of as a rich landscape). That is to say, I feel connected to the places I walk to, but not necessarily to the paths that I take to get there. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/43d4a222c57b0e705ad6c4741127459a.jpg 8e2e0c042f39c18aa0ecb1ba08cf94f5 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 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 Rachel Hampton https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/792fe0c0f31e82689d5a8bf308ee9618.jpg f21b56039135963d1475b46e17c2ee9a 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 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 Richard He Description An account of the resource In this sketch, I attempt to visualize my own path around Harvard by drawing the places I frequent the most. In this sense, my representation of Harvard only takes into account the things that matter to me, leaving out the vast majority of the campus that may be of importance to others. Overall, I depict places of living (Kirkland House, Starbucks and CVS), leisure (Chipotle, Le’s and the T), academics (Littaeur, Emerson, and Lamont), and extracurriculars (Malkin Atheltic Center and Harvard Square Homeless Shelter). I used a logo when it was available and drew the building otherwise, as was the case for the buildings where I take classes and study. In order to depict the relative importance of the different locations and my movement throughout the campus, I drew the thickness of the path based on how frequently I followed it. For example, I spend the most time in Kirkland House at the bottom of the sketch, so the line is extremely thick. Because I go to Chipotle much less frequently, the line is much thinner. My sketch is quite different from the standard map of Harvard because it is very personal. Comparing the two, I was surprised by how often I misjudged relative distance. Chipotle is much further West than I had previously thought, and Littaeur is much further North than I had depicted. In many ways, these misjudgments of relative distance are a reflection of my experience walking to and from these locations. My walk to Chipotle feels much faster perhaps because I can tolerate further distances when I am hungry, and time may seem to fly when I’m rushing across the yard to get to class on time. Ultimately, my sketch illuminates to me how the experience of travel across Harvard’s campus is much less about true distance and more about the emotional and mental state that I carry when I go about my everyday business. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/612cb8240a819ecf2843e28c533b967c.JPG 2fb076811ae6b0e8f1b5a21786e24ad7 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 Maeve Hoffstot Description An account of the resource Drawing this was a really interesting assignment as I tried to fit onto an 8”x11” piece of paper everything in the square that was important to me. I started with the two places that are most central to my life—Weld Boathouse and Cabot House (the Quad). From there, I added the main roads and intersections. Streets were definitely the easiest way to orient myself. As a result of including both the quad and the river, as well as making aspects of the square and yard visible, I had to distort the proportions a bit. Proportions and relations were definitely the hardest aspect. Memory of the square was pretty natural, as I just started with the places I frequent the most and added in surrounding objects. Lots of the emphasis on my map is because of my daily routine. For instance, I included the shuttle stops for the shuttles that run to and from the quad—something that many Harvard students never have to consider. The Radcliffe Yard, which is on my quad-route when I decide to walk to the river, or the Cambridge Common when I’m heading to the Science Center. Harvard Yard proved surprisingly challenging. It was less easy to regulate, as there are no roads that dictate blocks or relatives sizes, and my memory was much foggier as the Yard doesn’t factor too much into my everyday junior life. Looking at a map of the square afterwards, I think the think I did the poorest job representing was the bottom right corner of my map—Leverett, Dunster, Mather and Adams. I spend much less time in the area so I got a little messed up in the placements of the buildings. On a whole, however, Harvard was pretty easy to map out and I probably ought to credit a good part of my success (despite my drawing ability) to the fact that I’m a tour guide for the admissions office. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld29/original/506a1782ee5c38865f2d2dc71e2bda36.jpg 44dc0dd7edc0c561c1fae0f69ab7e8d0 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 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 Nina Hooper Description An account of the resource Sketching Harvard and the surrounding area from memory took a number of attemps. The most challenging things was definitely the scale. I initially started by first sketching the river houses and put some time into getting their details and relative proportions right. However, I soon realized that I would be needing a much larger peice of paper if I was going to fit it all in. I started again with the Charles river, the Quad and the Harvard yard, trying to figure out their relative proportions. After much erasing and redrawing, I came up with a rough skeleton that I felt was most correct and filled it in from there. Comparing it to the layout of Harvard on Google Maps it is clear that I’ve over- and under-estimated some proportions as well as miss features entirely. In my initial mental maps I placed more emphasis on the houses along the river than other parts of the school as they are parts I feel I know best. Conversely I found it difficult to understand/draw how all the buildings in the square fit together or the arrangement of buildings in the athletic complex over the river. I initially wanted to get the specific shapes and details of buildings correct but later decided that describing the relative distance between buildings was more important. This exercise made me realize how little I pay attention to the buildings on campus that don’t use. Examples of this are Wigglesworth (freshmen dorms) and The Harvard Lampoon. I also made the area behind the science center - with all the engineering, CS, chemistry and biology labs - larger than it actually is. This might be accounted for by the fact that there is a lot of grassy area around those buildings which creates the illusion of more space between buildings than there really is.