21 June 2017

Topographic map

Visualize different understandings and interpretations of a course or an education by developing a cartographic representation.

Use cartographic representation as a mean to visualize and communicate the knowledge and disciplines related to a crossdisciplinary course or education. Drawing on inspirational elements from topographical maps you can create a common platform for dialogue and communication across disciplines in connection to the development or re-design of cross-disciplinary courses and programs.

Topographic mapping is suitable for supporting collaboration between teachers of different disciplines, where the map is used to illustrate how each of the teachers understand and relate to a joint teaching project. When developing the map it may turn out that the teachers relate to the teaching project quite differently in terms of e.g. which subjects they are interested in or perhaps are unaware of - which this exercise should help to visualize.

Topographic map