{"id":1807,"date":"2016-11-07T13:48:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T21:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f16\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2016-11-07T13:50:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T21:50:20","slug":"analyzing-digital-harlem-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f16\/2016\/11\/07\/analyzing-digital-harlem-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyzing Digital Harlem"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week I chose to analyze the Digital Harlem map<\/a>, which congregates legal records from newspapers, police records, and other sources to demonstrate the events that occurred from 1915 to 1930.<\/p>\n

The “About” screen states that the project was created to not only provide an expos\u00e9 of African American\u00a0artists during the time period, but also to give a representation of everyday life of African American individuals in New York City. The website displays a map, of which the user can toggle between the years 1920, 1925, and 1930 to see Harlem’s growing size over the span of ten years. Additionally, users are able to toggle the layers that they wish to see on the map. Some examples of the layers include law violations such as arrests, illegal gambling, assault, pickpocketing, etc… as well as provides layers for everyday life events such as the locations for pick-up basketball games, parties, weddings, and charitable events. When creating a layer, the user may input a name for the layer, then the map displays location-based points for where the event occurred, and the date it occurred. There are also layers that have already been created by the allows the user to select through a set of four different predetermined layers: January 1925, Number Arrests, Fuller Long, and Churches. I chose to explore the Number Arrests layer. When the user chooses the Number Arrests, the map immediately fills with blue dots to indicate various arrests throughout the specified years. If one chooses to click on an point on the map, the map will display the individual’s name that was arrested and what he or she was arrested for. If one chooses to click the “More Detail” link, the dialog box will display a\u00a0news clipping of the news story from when the arrest was initially reported, the date of the arrest, the parties involved, the addresses involved, and the legal consequences.<\/p>\n

While the map does provide the user with a great wealth of information, I would argue that the map does not necessarily display the everyday life individuals living in Harlem from 1915-1930. In fact, the map paints a more grueling image for those living there, and focuses more heavily on crime more than anything else. Doing so conjures a more grim picture, and might not necessarily be realistic of the greater majority of the individuals living in Harlem during the time. Additionally, while the map tells the user\u00a0textual details about the events that occurred, it does not include images. Had images been provided, the user would be able to construct a greater archetypal image for\u00a0“Daily Life” in Harlem from 1915 to 1930.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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