Two things that might be interesting in light of today’s presentation:
John McPhee’s Atchafalaya, in The Control of Nature. A wonderful essay that discusses, among other things, the Army Corps of Engineer’s control of the Mississippi River to keep it form meandering along a secondary route, the Atchafalaya River.
And landscape architect Bradley Cantrell’s “sediment printing spillway”, one form of computational landscape architecture.
An expanded descritpion of the critical mapping assignment can be found here.
Kelsy Soils and geomorphology
Colin Beginnings and Endings: Amazon headwaters and destinations
Audrey Native, invasive, and endangered flora
Alley Native, invasive, and endangered fauna
Keegan Natural systems vs. cultural desires
Wade Changing levels: Historic flow and flood levels, future predictions
Shelby Regulating nature: Channelized vs. free flow, regulating dams and drainage inlets
Bryn Native American patterns of use
Kyle Circa 1850: European settlement patterns of use
Kate Land use along the Amazon
Kelly Water quality: Temperature, pollutants
Christy Restoring the wetlands
3/31 Mapping ideation session
4/9 Pin up 1: Analyzing and critiquing source materials
4/23 Pin up 2: Draft map and ideogram review
5/14 Final critiques: Critical mapping
5/26 Presentations: Critical mapping
Friday 6/5 Final draft pages due
Monday 6/8 Revisions returned to students
Friday 6/12 Final pages due