Cartography: History and Practice of Mapmaking

  • Category

    • Courses

  • Program

    • 1) Fall 2019
    2) Spring 2020
    3) Fall 2020

  • Instructors

    • Muhammad Gulraiz Khan
    Hira Zuberi

  • Offered In

    • PLAY / Communication & Design

    Course Description

    Over the years, the techniques of mapping have evolved to include not only the representation of physical space, but also the construction of experiential realities. The course explores ways of understanding, observing and interpreting events, places and objects, and learning the vocabulary of map design, with an overview of types of maps and mapmaking tools. The act of cartography is explored as a design research process, and the techniques of mapping—analyzing and making meaning of raw data—are used as a comparative analytic tool and as a way to uncover hidden meanings between data and reality.