MAPPING HISTORY WORKSHOP SERIES
Harvard University, 2019
Mapping History is a series of workshops that is designed and taught by Nil Tuzcu. It introduces digital tools and workflows for visualizing and interpreting historical data, and presenting historical information with online maps.
Today, visual and digital tools are increasingly being used in the social sciences and humanities for translating historical documents into datasets that can be digitally manipulated and recombined. Mapping is an effective tool for reconstructing the past, which reveals the spatial relationships that stimulated cultural, social and political change over time. Students learn basics of QGIS and web mapping with Leaflet JS.
This two-day workshop covers :
Georeferencing historical maps
Creating vector files with QGIS (for example, tracing an old rail system)
Introducing the time factor into digital workflow
Creating multilayer historical web maps and developing a tool for comparing different layers.
Please contact Nil Tuzcu at niltuzcu@gmail.com to organize a workshop in your organization.