{"id":1754,"date":"2016-11-07T09:35:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T17:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f16\/?p=1754"},"modified":"2016-11-07T09:35:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T17:35:30","slug":"week-7-cholera-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f16\/2016\/11\/07\/week-7-cholera-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 7 Cholera Map"},"content":{"rendered":"

For this weeks blog post I chose to look at the Caribbean Cholera timeline<\/a> created in 2011 by the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute. A team of 10 people from Duke University Haiti Laboratory tells the story that correlates Cholera outbreaks in the Caribbean region to natural disasters such as hurricanes and tropical storms.<\/p>\n

This visualization shows Cholera outbreaks in 3 different segments of history of significant outbreaks among the Caribbean Islands, the first one from 1833-1834, the second from 1840-1856 and the third from 1867-1872. This map tells a narrative through the interactive timeline that scrolls through the dates to create a simultaneously changing Google Map of the Caribbean Islands where points of major natural disasters will show up, with pinned points where the Cholera outbreak consisted and convincing news article titles regarding the outbreak. The map visualization shows evidence of massive hurricanes\/storms which later cholera outbreaks were found in surrounding areas.<\/p>\n

David Turnbull gives the argument that maps only tell a story from the perspective of the map designer. The way in which you select and provide information will create a specific narrative. Turnbull provides a systematic review of maps that analyzes how maps represent knowledge but also signify how different cultures and societies view events and ideas.<\/p>\n

Due to the information that creates the data visualization for the map, it suggests that natural disasters were the only cause for the outbreak of Cholera off the South East coast of the United States. I looked up a little more about Cholera and found that it is a bacterial disease typically spread through unsanitary water or food. It says that it takes between 12 hours and 5 days for someone to show symptoms of Cholera so it seems unlikely to me that all Cholera outbreaks were due to natural disasters as the massive hurricanes in 1830 did not have evidence of Cholera outbreaks or news stories until 1833. The map obscures a narrative that proposes only one source for this disease.<\/p>\n

I think the current map is very assumptive of causes and does not consider alternatives to what could trigger this bacterial disease. I think the information does not have enough proof, as there were tropical storms in 1831 and 1832 that did not have outbreaks to follow. The creator of this map wants to attribute all blame of Cholera on natural cause. There needs to be more details provided on type of storm and length as the points on the map are not convincing enough.<\/p>\n

If I were to imagine an alternative map I would suggest providing information on the economy or state of the cities at the time. Many links show a strong correlation to poor infrastructure and sanitation at the time of Cholera epidemics and so this information is bias towards avoiding any information through the fault of economy and potentially the leader during that time period, who controls how money in spent on health practices that could potentially affect the Cholera outbreaks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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