My name is Tiffany White and I really don’t know much about mapping, especially writing about mapping. This class truly just filled a requirement for me. Now that we have started I am actually finding that mapping can be very interesting. I have been thinking about becoming a travel nurse, so this content could very much so connect to a future career of mine. If not travel nursing, I would like to travel in general. I hope I can learn to put my thoughts into words better than in the past. I also think it will be a great way to track my growth looking back after the semester.
To say a map can tell a story is look saying a picture can tell 1000 words. It shows where and what things are as well as power and cultural beliefs. So many things can come out of different types of maps that I never would have thought about. A map can be considered a narrative in the same way that it is telling its own story. Rhetoric can be at work where the ethos is represented within the culture on a map as well as the pathos being represented by the power aspect on maps. Pathos is all about emotion and power can influence ego of a community. Lastly, logos is always represented on maps wehther it is labeled with numbers, or miles in distance.
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