Course:ELEC300E/CaseStudies/QuestForTheQuietCorner
Context: Campus Experiences
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If you look at a street map of your university campus it probably lists some important landmarks, buildings and streets. Can you also see how the topics and ideas discussed in these case studies play out across the physical landscape?
Street maps are one way of representing space, but other projects use art, zines, technology and other strategies to help visualize the history and ecology of the land, and of the communities and projects.
Here are some examples from UBC:
Indigenous Knowledge: qeqən house posts is a walking tour of the Musqueum houseposts on UBC campus.
Sustainable Infrastructure: The UBC sustainability walk maps out sustainable infrastructure projects across campus.
The UBC Campus and Landscapes map show campus buildings based on their Green Building Certification Level.
The UBC Wood Sustainability walking tour offers an interactive tour of wooden buildings on campus.
Ecological Systems: The UBC Campus Tree tour is a virtual guide to the tree species on campus.*
The Pacific Spirit forest Virtual Field trip uses a VR app to teach students about local tree species.*
The UBC Campus LiDAR map uses LiDAR data to visualize tree cover.
The Ecological Connectivity map (scroll to 3/8 on bottom left of page) shows different greenspace (from forests to flowerbeds) on campus and the ecological connections between them
The Campus Wildlife map(scroll to 3/8 on bottom left of page) maps out wildlife sightings on campus.
The Campus Wildlife map(scroll to 4/8 on bottom left of page) maps out wildlife sightings on campus.
The SEEDS Biodiversity project map(scroll to 6/8 on bottom left of page) maps out student led research projects promoting biodiversity and sustainability.
Experiences: A Critical Design Lab project, a Pedagogy of Care, maps out where students feel cared for - or uncared for - across a university campus (not UBC).
The Vancouver Soundscape is an interactive map of different sounds in the city - including several at UBC. *
Choose one of these maps that looks interesting, go for a walk around campus, and use the map to learn more about your surroundings. If you would rather not physically walk around campus, try one of the virtual tours (marked with *).
Case: Make a Map
Consider mapping out something that you care about, or of experiences that you have had on campus. Maybe a map of your favorite study spots categorized by how productive you feel when you are there? Maybe an accessibility map that maps out inaccessible infrastructure? Maybe a map of public transit, that shows how long it takes for you to get home from each part of campus? Or a map of waste, showing garbage cans, recycling bins and waste processing faciliites?
What is the purpose of your map? What values or perspectives guide it, or that are represented by it?
Make a very quick prototype. You can sketch one out from memory on paper, or use a tool like this one. If you envision gathering more data or including more interactive elements, describe how you would go about doing that.
What technologies could you use to gather the data you need or to deliver your map in an interactive experiential way?