About the Project
Digital Project: Documenting the Gentrification of Highland Park
About
The lab component of Spatial Justice (CTSJ 352) is designed to engage the students with digital tools and platforms for research and community activism. It will introduce students to the various aspects of developing research-oriented digital content: content management system; data collection and analysis; digital mapping and visualizations; and digital storytelling. Focusing on the topic of gentrification of the Highland Park neighborhood as a case study, the students will collectively create a resource site that is accessible to the community partners of the course. The collaborative and cumulative process of the final project is an opportunity for the students to learn digital tools and digital storytelling, as well as think critically about methodology and knowledge production.
Objectives
- Develop research questions based on course materials and community feedback.
- Gather and analyze data through mapping and visualizations.
- Document the impact of gentrification through digital storytelling.
- Integrate quantitative and qualitative aspects of a phenomenon.
| Activity | Notes | |
| Week 1 (1/21) | No Lab | Introduction in-class |
| Week 2 (1/28) | Scalar | |
| Week 3 (2/4) | Data | |
| Week 4 (2/11) | Data | Bring research questions |
| Week 5 (2/18) | Open Lab | |
| Week 6 (2/25) | Map | |
| Week 7 (3/3) | Map | |
| Week 8 (3/10) | Spring Break | |
| Week 9 (3/17) | Open Lab | |
| Week 10 (3/24) | Digital Storytelling | |
| Week 11 (3/31) | Digital Storytelling | |
| Week 12 (4/7) | Open Lab | |
| Week 13 (4/14) | Scalar | |
| Week 14 (4/21) | Community Townhall | |
| Week 15 (4/28) | Final Projects Due |
This lab is offered as a part of the campus-wide effort by the Center for Digital Liberal Arts @ Oxy to advance and support emerging modes of teaching and learning.
