ARTHIST 719S · also ARTSVIS 719S, CMAC 719S, ISS 719S
Creative Cartography: Art and Science, Culture and Nature
Edward Triplett
Description from DukeHub
Students learn how maps and map-making has always existed in a contentious position between art & science, culture & nature. Course combines discussion of readings on critical cartography, data visualization, and Historical GIS (HGIS) w/ hands-on tutorials in ArcGIS, Adobe Illustrator, and analog drawing. Labs, final projects emphasize how the form of a map (and all its inherent presumptions of accuracy, reality, and precision) can be manipulated to make art that tells new stories about people, places, and things that run counter to dominant narratives. Prior experience w/ vector-based design software and/or GIS recommended, not required. Grad section: discussion lead, tutorials, exhibition.
Skills
- data and statisticsdescription: "data visualization" and 2 more
- makingdescription: "hands-on" and 1 more
- designAI review: "Adobe Illustrator"
- lab workAI review: "Labs, final projects"
AI-resilient: 3 of 5
- Yes: Physical, lab or field work · "hands-on"
- No: Live work with people
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- Yes: A craft you practice with your hands or body · "drawing"
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 15 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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