Fredrickson_Mapping the Local_In-Class

D.I.Y. New York City
This project focuses on the “Do It Yourself” counterculture movement taking place in the streets of New York. This project clearly maps out some of the most important locations of this influential movement by focusing on those locations that are related to the actual culture of counterculture. This includes food, activities and music. By displaying events related to the movement, the author makes it very easy for the reader to gain exposure to the movement. As a project, it is very
straightforward and provides some very good insight into the D.I.Y. movement.

Final Project by Hope Marion
The focus of this project seems to be lacking. While the CIY project was very easy to follow and to figure out the focus, this paper is not as direct with its theme. The mapping is done correctly, and if you look for the theme you can find it, (It IS art and architecture right?) but this is definitely a much weaker project that the DIY one.

Come Together
This project also lacks an obvious theme despite being similar to the DIY project. It too examines a culture by exploring the food, entertainment, and music associated with it (also in NY city). One thing that DOES make this project effective is the use of photos as a visual aid. I would rank this one between the two previous ones.

Modern Gomorrah
This project certainly centers on the main theme of the course: art. This project highlights locations that influence art culture such as film, music and art. The research and description of every location was very extensive which definitely adds to the piece. It’s an easy project to follow with an obvious theme and one I would aim to emulate in my final project.