I think that historical inquiry is incredibly important, it’s how we learn about the past and understand the things of the past. It’s how we navigate beginning to look into important historical events, times, and places even if they are popular history. I think that historical inquiries relationship with representational space are beginning to grow because I feel in my generation especially, we’ve been trying to gain access to as much knowledge as we can. I think that being able to visualize history has been incredibly helpful in our quest for knowledge and understanding. Especially with cultures outside of our own. I think we’ve been great at realizing that in America we grow up with a thought process and then we’ve started to realize that just because on region or country teaches you to be like this or do things a certain way doesn’t mean we have to, so it’s definitely broadened our horizons for sure.
Pitfalls to digital technology representing historical information is that sometimes it’s not very accurate or hard to conceptualize and understand. Maps can be helpful tools when trying to show the exact location of important events, times, and places. Sometimes there is inaccurate information that can be displayed on maps. For example, in class we were shown an example of a map that hung in President Donald Trump’s Office and various other locations in the White House that showed that a majority of counties in all 50 states were red, which would imply that they voted for President Trump in the 2016 election. However, that map did not display the accurate information that majority of the 50 states actually voted for Hilary Clinton to win the 2016 Presidential Election and were blue states. Therefore showing how maps can be inaccurate and lie.
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