Data Driven Societies Digital & Computational Studies Bowdoin College March 5, 2014 Professor Gieseking Lecture Slides "Code Is Georeferencing"

1. Data Driven Societies:
Code is Georeferencing
Professors Gaze & Gieseking

2. Code is…
Law (Recap)

3. Code is…
Law (Recap)
Lessig recommends using code — both the codes that shape
society and computer code — to define law:
“Code is never found; it is only ever made, and only ever made
by us.” (Lessig 2006, 6)

4. http://twitter.com/theellenshow

5. http://www.thewire.com/politics

6. Code is…
Cartography

7. Code is…
Cartography

8. Code is…
Cartography

9. Code is…
Cartography

10. Code is…
Mapping Business

11. Code is…
GIS Layers
✦ Points
✦ Lines
✦ Polygons
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✦ Layers
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✦ Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
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12. Code is…
Mental Mapping

13. Create a map of your Bowdoin experience. Map whatever you think
pertinent to explain your time at Bowdoin.
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Create a legend.
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Groups:
First-years
Sophomores
Juniors
Seniors (three groups)

14. Next Class: Mar. 24
✦ Today: code is…
georeferencing
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✦ Readings: none NOTE
CHANGE with syllabus
updates forthcoming
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✦ Blog post: due Wednesday the
26th: reflect on maps
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✦ Happy Break!!!