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The signs says? And doesn’t say? Created by Brett Oppegaard, for Washington State University Vancouver's DTC 375 class, spring 2011
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Another social construction.... What is a map?
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Courtesy of: EPA.gov Anything amiss?
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Courtesy of: AlaskaHeritage.com Anything amiss?
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What defines the boundaries? Courtesy of: strangemaps.wordpress.com
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What information does it organize? Courtesy of: en.wikipedia.org
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What information does it organize? Courtesy of: Woodsideblogs.com
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How other people envision it … Courtesy of: neatorama.com
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Courtesy of: worldpress.org If a globe, why Europe in the center?
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Courtesy of: smartdesigns.com That is a perspective...
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What does a map really depict?
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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
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Can it tell a story? Courtesy of: strangemaps. wordpress. com
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Courtesy of: strangemaps.wordpress.com Do connections have to be physical?
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Courtesy of: strangemaps.wordpress.com What are the boundaries?
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Do they have to be flat? Courtesy of: mappingweirdstuff.files.wordpress. com
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