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Mapping Whitman’s New York

October 13th, 2009 No comments

Mapping has been something of an undercurrent in our class so far:

  • When Claire Fontaine visited our class a few weeks ago, she spoke about the process of connecting flickr photographs to google maps (see her posts here and here for more info).
  • I’ve assigned you a “then and now” photography assignment in which you are to write a blog post that showcases a historical photo of a location mentioned by Whitman or important to his life and matches it with a photo that you’ve taken yourself of the same location. Ideally, we would then locate all of these photos on map and build together a collaborative map of Whitman’s New York.

    • Mapping sites/applications

    Hypercities

    Historic Earth iPhone App

    Google Maps

    Flickr Maps

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    Song of Matt

    September 8th, 2009 1 comment

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    . . .

    Sit awhile wayfarer,
    Here are biscuits to eat and here is milk to drink,
    But as soon as you sleep and renew yourself in sweet clothes I will certainly kiss you with my goodbye kiss and open the gate for your egress hence.

    Long enough have you dreamed contemptible dreams,
    Now I wash the gum from your eyes,
    You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life

    Long have you timidly waded, holding a plank by the shore,
    Now I will you to be a bold swimmer,
    To jump off in the midst of the sea, and rise again and nod to me and shout, and laughingly dash with your hair.

    I am the teacher of athletes,
    He that by me spreads a wider breast than my own proves the width of my own,
    He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

    . . .

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