What does the data look like? How is it organized? What do we need to do — and know — in order to use it? What, if anything, can we learn from a data table? And what in the world is a "spatial question"? As if that weren't enough, we will dabble in the art of geocoding.
Wednesday's event is the second of a series of workshops. Forthcoming sessions explore the following topics:
Wednesday, Oct 23, 4-5pm: The Map Is the Source
Building on Session 2, we will use web-based tools to extract spatial data from our trusty ice maps. Better yet, we will create data of our own. If the points-lines-polygons triad means nothing to you now, it will by the end of this session.
Wednesday, Nov 6, 4-5pm: Water Is (Not) Blue
Information design is an art and a science. Today we will assemble the data we have been creating and experiment with strategies for storytelling through color, line, symbolization, and scaffolding.
Accessibility
The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact us at 617-495-4037 or daviscenter@fas.harvard.edu in advance of your participation or visit. Requests for Sign Language interpreters and/or CART providers should be made at least two weeks in advance if possible. Please note that the Davis Center will make every effort to secure services but that services are subject to availability.
