references and thanks
Thanks to Brian Klinkenberg and Alejandro Cervantes for their assistance in gathering the skills and knowledge necessary to conduct this project.
Thanks also to Tom Brittnacher (UBC GIS Librarian) for helping us find some additional shapefiles of Baghdad.
Special thanks to Derek Gregory, for being extremely helpful and sending us some of his own work as well as providing us with information about ethno-sectarian conflict in Baghdad, and a theoretical background for this project. His research critically addresses representations of Baghdad and the recent developments in warfare and war culture.
Finally, thanks to Craig Jones for pointing us towards some relevant readings.
further reading
Wikileaks Iraq Deaths Data on Google Tables: Easily exportable, and is more reliable than the Wikileaks site (which frequently suffers from overloading and hacking attempts).
Photo Gallery of the Iraq War: Spiegel International: Amazing photographs from journalists in Baghdad.
Riverbend Blog: blog from an Iraqi woman living through the war; this blog has now been published into the book “Baghdad Burning,” an excellent description of the events in Baghdad from a first hand account.
ABC News on Wikileaks: an interesting report on some of the impacts of openly sourcing the Iraq causalities data.
Iraq Body Count: records violent civilian deaths in Iraq since the US invasion in 2003. Massive database of comprehensive data.
Iraq Slogger: Collection of news and data from Iraq, following many themes including the war. Good firsthand accounts and access to media not widely available through other means.
American Troops Open Fire on Journalist, Civilians: Wikileaks released video footage (with audio) of American troops killing twelve civilians, including a Reuters journalist, unprovoked.
Civilians Gunned Down at Checkpoints: Guardian article about civilians being shot down by security forces if they are too scared or confused to stop at security checkpoints, because of fear of suicide bombings.
other mapping projects
You Are Not Here: an interesting ‘urban tourist mash-up’ between New York and Baghdad.
Mapping Deaths due to War In Iraq: interactive map of deaths in Iraq, on the Open Street Map platform. Really neat visualization.
BBC: Mapping the Violence: BBC's interactive map, using the Iraq Body Count data.
Guardian's Wikileaks Map Collection: collection of other people's maps visualizing the Iraq Wikileaks data.
A Deadly Day in Baghdad: New York Times' set of interactive maps