{"id":39,"date":"2018-11-25T12:07:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T12:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/creativecartography.sites.grinnell.edu\/millende\/?p=39"},"modified":"2018-11-25T12:07:20","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T12:07:20","slug":"final-project-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativecartography.sites.grinnell.edu\/millende\/uncategorized\/final-project-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Project Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Project 1<\/span><\/p>\n

The first project idea that I have is built on the group point map of historic postcard sites<\/p>\n

assignment. For a number of reasons, this project really spoke to me. I have always been very interested in exploring historical sites and attempting to understand what the site looked like in the past. Most of the time, that involves going to a specific location, such as the Colosseum, and looking at the physical characteristics of the space. I really liked this assignment because it somewhat turned the notion on its head; we looked at places that had historical significance but we wanted to see what the look like now and<\/em> what they looked like many years ago. Comparing and contrasting the old and the new is an idea that appeals a lot to me, as does the concept of capturing where a photographer once stood to capture an image.<\/p>\n

My project would be to create an group point map of postcard sites all of one specific building or square. I would look for postcards that capture the building or square from various angles and at various points in time and then take pictures where the postcard the view line-up. For the final product, I would create a map that has the points on it, with a picture and a soundbite attached to each point. My hope would be that by looking at my map, the viewer could gain a fuller understanding of the square or building, both in terms of the visual and historical aspects of the site.<\/p>\n

In order to complete the project, I would need to decide on a site and then acquire the postcards. Other than the postcards, I already have all of the material I would need for the assignment. In my research, I have found out that Ancestry.com has a great collection of free postcards that I could print and use as my postcards. So far, I have found that there is a large collection of postcards that contain images of the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange: https:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\/search\/collections\/postcardsuki\/?event=_London+England&keyword=Bank<\/a><\/p>\n

I have the following questions about the project:<\/p>\n