City of Water: Uncovering Milan's Aquatic Geographies

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Explores the cultural history of water in Milan, Italy's self-described 'city of water,' in a multimedia environment that fosters an atmosphere of creative collaboration and encourages creative design. Students turn from consumers of information into producers of cultural artifacts by generating searchable, annotated, thick maps of Milan and disseminating them outside the classroom. Primary sources include photographs, maps, poems, short stories, essays, graphic novels, comics, manifestos, music, city plans and historical accounts. Secondary sources comprise scholarly works, online archives as well as other digital humanities projects.