Marie’s map focuses on the building of the Minnesota Capitol building, focusing on the construction of the second capitol building, after the first one burned down in 1881. Marie discusses the methods used to construct the capitol, the architects and contractors that built the capitol, and the controversies that have and continue to surround the capitol. Most recently on the statues named the virtues, of which two have gone missing and at least one has been destroyed. These modern controversies make the history of the building more notable to Minnesotan readers. The mapping project overall got across a complete history of the construction of the Minnesota capitol in a concise manner, as well as giving some maps to help understand the project overall. The first map seemed dis-conjoined from the narrative of the story map, although the second one feels well introduced. As far as the quality of the project, it was well done. I feel like some more Civil War history or analysis around the controversy of Georgian marble could have been further explored to a good effect. Introducing a map of battles where Georgia and Minnesotan troops fought may have been interesting as well. I think that more information on the marble in general would have been interesting, as I know that the quarries near St Cloud are now a park, you could have touched on the enrichment of the state overall by the construction of the capitol, although that does seem slightly out of the scope of the project. I would also say that it seemed like the maps were less essential to the project than I was expecting, although I did enjoy the use of mapped locations with specific information. The use of photographs within the map was creative and well used, I liked the side scroller that let you read while looking at new photographs. A feature like that makes a story map look professional. I looked through Marie’s references as well and it looked like there was a good amount of primary document work as well. Overall, Marie’s map was effective at educating on the construction of the Minnesota state capitol, while giving some insight into more modern history with the controversies of the virtues.
Final Project Stage 5 – Evan Murphy
I am unable to embed the story map for some reason. Here is the link to it.
Week 9 Practicum – Evan Murphy
I think that the most notable change is obviously the inclusion of data on Oklahoma after 1880. I also thought it was notable that overall production in Kansas increased, while it stayed relatively the same everywhere else. Colorado had some increases in the 1940 map but not before.
Final Project Stage 3 – Evan Murphy
This is my annotated bibliography for the moment but it will expand. I use Wikipedia a lot because it is difficult to find sites with the basic information I need such as stadium address and capacity. I have confidence in Wikipedia for information like this, if you do not I can find other instances of this information to site. I also have a lot of non scholarly articles and only a few scholarly ones. This is due to the information needed to create the actual map which is what I have been spending the most time on. I also did not alphabetize them yet.
“Soccer History in Detroit.” DBusiness. DBusiness, July 27, 2016. https://www.dbusiness.com/business-features/soccer-history-in-detroit/#:~:text=The%20Cougars%20first%20played%20at,grandson%20of%20Ford%20Motor%20Co.
The above article contains information on the history of soccer in Detroit used to gather information on the Detroit Cougars.
Wikipedia. 2024. “Houston Star.” Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified February 21, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Stars.
The wikipedia page contains information on the NASL team the Houston Stars, including stadium and basic historical information.
Wikipedia. 2024. “Dallas Tornado.” Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified March 3, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Tornado#:~:text=Of%20the%20twelve%20teams%20that,played%20the%20longest%E2%80%9315%20seasons.&text=Their%20home%20fields%20were%20Cotton,campus%20(1976%E2%80%931979).
The wikipedia page contains information on the NASL team the Dallas Tornado, including stadium and basic historical information.
Wikipedia. 2023. “Cleveland Stokers.” Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified May 4, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Stokers#:~:text=The%20Cleveland%20Stokers%20were%20a,home%20field%20was%20Cleveland%20Stadium.
The wikipedia page contains information on the NASL team the Cleveland Stokers, including stadium and basic historical information.
Wikipedia. 2023. “California Surf.” Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified November 14, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Surf#:~:text=The%20team%20was%20based%20in,Anaheim%20Stadium%20for%20outdoor%20matches.
The wikipedia page contains information on the NASL team the California Surf, including stadium and basic historical information.
Wikipedia. 2024. “Baltimore Bays.” Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified March 30, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Bays#:~:text=The%20Bays%20played%20its%20home,school%20football%20stadium%2C%20in%201969.
The wikipedia page contains information on the NASL team the Baltimore Bays, including stadium and basic historical information.
Wikipedia. 2024. “Baltimore Memorial Stadium.” Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified March 17, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Memorial_Stadium.
The wikipedia page contains information on Baltimore Memorial Stadium which was one of the host stadiums for the NASL Baltimore Bays.
Wikipedia. 2023. “Atlanta Chiefs.” Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified October 1, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Chiefs.
The wikipedia page contains information on the NASL team the Atlanta Chiefs, including stadium and basic historical information.
Wikipedia. 2024. “Fulton County Stadium.” Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified March 23, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta%E2%80%93Fulton_County_Stadium.
The wikipedia page contains information on Fulton County Stadium which was one of the host stadiums for the NASL Atlanta Chiefs.
Wikipedia. 2024. “Comiskey Park.” Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified March 13, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comiskey_Park.
The wikipedia page contains information on Comiskey Park which was one of the host stadiums for the NASL Chicago Mustangs.
Wikipedia. 2024. “North American Soccer League.” Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified February 21, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Soccer_League_(1968%E2%80%931984).
This wikipedia page contains basic information about the North American Soccer League (NASL), the list of teams specifically used.
Strutner, Matthew, Charles Parrish and John Nauright. “Making Soccer ‘Major League’ in the USA and Beyond: Major League Soccer’s First Decade.” Sport History Review, 2014. https://cris.brighton.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/350115/Making+Soccer+%C5%92Major+League%C2%B9+in+the+USA+and+Beyond-+Major+League+Soccer%C2%B9s+First+Decade.pdf
Article discusses the early history of MLS and how the sport grew in it’s first decade. Great baseline history to have on hand.
Charles Parrish. “Soccer Specific Stadiums and Designated Players: Exploring the Major League Soccer Attendance Assumption.” International Journal of Sport Management, Recreation & Tourism, vol 12 (57-70), 2013. https://www.ijsmart.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/vol12_d-Charles-Parrish.pdf.
This article focuses on Soccer Specific Stadiums and Designated Player spots in MLS, an interesting look at how DP spots impact income.
Dyreson, Mark and Robert Trumpbour. The Rise of Stadiums in the Modern
United States: Cathedrals of Sport . Abington: Routledge, 2010.
Discusses the rise of stadiums through the US in general but has some interesting overall points that can be applied.
Kacirek, Ryan. https://krex.k-state.edu/items/5ffa9a93-9b56-4dd6-b023-fdffb8bd8119.
This piece looks promising but it is clearly a Master’s Report. I am unsure how to cite it in Chicago or if I can even use it as a source.
Love, Adam, Andreas N. Kavazis, Alan Morse, and Kurt C. Mayer Jr.. “Soccer-Specific Stadiums and Attendance in Major League Soccer: Investigating the Novelty Effect.” Journal of Applied Sport Management 5, no. 2 (Summer 2013): 32-46.
This piece talks about soccer specific stadiums and their impact on attendance and atmosphere of a sporting event.
Wikipedia. 2024. “USL Championship.” Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified April 1, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USL_Championship.
Wikipedia. 2024. “USL League One.” Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified March 22, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USL_League_One.
Wikipedia. 2024. “Flint City Bucks.” Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified January 16, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_City_Bucks.
Wikipedia. 2024. “List of US Stadiums by Capacity.” Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified March 27, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._stadiums_by_capacity.
“AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE / A-LEAGUE (1990-1996).” Funwhileitlasted. Funwhileitlasted. Accessed April 3, 2024. https://funwhileitlasted.net/american-professional-soccer-league/.
This article discusses the history of the APSL and gives brief information on the teams in the league.
“Teams Through History.” NASL. NASL. Accessed April 3, 2024. http://www.nasl.com/teams-through-history.
This webpage graphic by NASL gives insight into what teams operated during which years of the NASL’s existence.
Week 11 Blog Post – Evan Murphy
Monroe and Florence Work studied and tracked all lynching’s in the US due to the fact that no one was tracking them over all the small town newspapers. The map below shows where they moved throughout their lives in the story map dedicated to them. Them having to relocate so many times to get accurate data and continue there research was a key part of the beginning of the story map. If they had not had to move around so much it is possible that the information would have become public much faster than it did.
Below is a section of the Monroe and Florence Work map that depicts the lynching’s in and around Memphis, TN. Interestingly, the areas in and around cities have more lynching’s then the other areas although they are obviously depicted by numbers and not per capita. I would have expected most lynching’s to be rural as law enforcement tends to be more prominent in cities.
The Lynching in America Map depicts the lynching’s from more of a data standpoint than a story standpoint, focusing less on the activist and more on the reasons for the activism. My favorite aspect of the map is the section dedicated to the Great Migration, the slider is easy to use and helpful but the best aspect of the map in my opinion is using specific examples of cities that had large population changes, both by gaining and losing a large percentage of black residents.
The paragraph below from the Racism in the Machine: Visualization Ethics in Digital Humanities Projects discusses how humans were able to teach AI racism displays how deeply ingrained it is in our society. This phenomenon is not unique unfortunately, I remember an AI Seinfeld program that ran on twitch nonstop for about a week but got shut down when people taught it to be racist.
The image below is a screenshot from the Racism in the Machine article depicting a difference in information between the two maps, specifically in California but in the west as a whole, this difference in information is showcased as one of the flaws that comes from not using the data collected by Monroe and Florence Work.
Overall the differences between the two maps are an interesting look into what data is readily and easily accessible at this point in time, which impacts the public memory of lynching’s. At this point the public memory of these events being accurate is remarkably important as there are so many misconceptions and misunderstandings about these events. I also appreciate that the Monroe and Florence Work maps contain demographic information on who was being lynched rather than simply that people were lynched. It gives more information and makes the people that were killed appear as they are, as people.
Week 10 Practicum – Evan Murphy
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Final Project Stage 2 – Evan Murphy
My project will focus on the question; How has soccer as a sport grown throughout the United States as marked by the presence of soccer stadiums with over 10,000 in capacity? When did notable increases take place and what cities have created soccer specific stadiums? What other large stadiums are used to play soccer but not only soccer? Has the number of multi-purpose stadiums increased or reduced over time (a reduction would display more soccer specific stadiums)? For the purpose of this question, stadiums will be mapped going back to 1968, as that was the inaugural year of the NASL. For the purpose of this project only professional and semi professional stadiums will be considered. Professional and semi professional will include the NASL (1968-1984), APSL, USL Championship, MLS, A-League, USL League 1, USL League 2, NASL (2011-2017), NISA, and NWSL. Collegiate stadiums will not be included as the largest soccer specific collegiate stadium, Creighton’s Morrison Stadium, only seats 7,500. Stadiums that have hosted a match for the world cup in the past as well as stadiums that will host the 2024 Copa America in the US or the 2026 World Cup in the US will also be included.
The project will be presented as many maps, one that focuses on soccer specific stadiums only and one that focuses on multi-purpose stadiums, as well as a map predating MLS from 1995 and before and one from 2024 that will display the growth of the beautiful game in the US by comparison. The project will also consider what parts of the country do not have a soccer specific stadium and what may have led to that absence. Understanding the growth of soccer in the United States over the past 30 years in specific can increase understanding of how the game may grow in the future.
Final Project Part 1 Evan Murphy
How has soccer as a sport grown throughout the United States as marked by the presence of soccer specific stadiums with over 10,000 in capacity? When did dramatic increases change and what large soccer stadiums have been abandoned? For what reasons were they left behind? What other large stadiums are used to play soccer but not only soccer? Has that number reduced or remained the same? For the purpose of these questions only professional, semi professional and collegiate stadiums will be considered. Professional and semiprofessional will include the MLS, the USL Championship, USL League 1, USL League 2, NWSL, the NASL and other equivalent leagues throughout the history of the game in the US. Stadiums that have hosted a match for the world cup or will host a match for the 2024 Copa America in the US or the 2026 world cup will also be included. Stadiums that are already under construction such as CPKC Stadium in Kansas City will also be included.
Week 9 Blog – Evan Murphy
The rapid conversion of prairie and grasslands into farm land throughout the Great Plains region was the catalyst for greater migration into the region. Population growth in the plains is easily trackable when compared to when land was converted into farmable land which also helps explain North Dakota’s population being lower than that of Kansas by a decently large degree, having over double the people living in Kansas than North Dakota. North Dakota’s later conversion into cropland has increased it’s population over the past one hundered years.
The map of Wheat per Square Mile on David Rumsey is very interesting to me. As a Kansan born and raised I know there is a lot of wheat produced in Kansas and sometimes forget how much wheat is produced in other regions of the country. However, I will not focus on that observation and will focus on Kansas. Almost the entire state is dedicated farmland and an aggressive amount of wheat is produced. However, I am more interested in why wheat is not produced in great amounts in the other parts of Kansas. The South West corner of the state is less suitable for crops than the rest of the state so it’s low to non existent wheat numbers make sense. Many of the bordering areas to that region are rated as a 1 which I would assume is due to lower water availability as Western Kansas runs on ground water from the Ogallala aquafer. Many of the central regions are fairly urban and have less wheat production and there are a few notable specs of Flint Hill Grassland preserves.
Figure 2.7 from the Cunfer reading displays how percent of grassland has changed over time. It seems that not much has happened since 1964 as far as grassland is concerned, but there are notable changes from 1945 to 1997. Why has there been little change over the past 80 years. Have there been new regulations put into place to reduce development or has it simply slowed down on it’s own?
Week 8 Practicum Evan Murphy
Death Count in the Soho Neighborhood by Cholera – 562
Aside from mortality data during an epidemic, can you think of any other situations where a heat map or Voronoi polygons would be useful ways to analyze spatial data? How might they be useful in this context of your final project (if at all)?
Voronoi polygons can be useful in a lot of ways, the one that comes to mind for me is analysis of food deserts in Omaha as it can show how close a grocery store is to certain places (North Omaha) and how this is effected by poverty rate. I do not have a final project picked out at this point but I think something along that line would be interesting. Or something broader to do with placement of casinos to reservations within New Mexico. Overall I think this tool is very interesting despite the fact that it has be used in a very specific way.
