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GIS in the Classroom: Women’s Studies 233 – Sample Project ‘Women & Marriage’

The maps below were produced by the Women & Marriage  group for Prof. Nikki Taylor’s ”Global Feminism & Religion” class.  The group explored differences in marriage laws, norms and customs around the world and created maps in Google Earth to visualize countries according to four separate variables of interest: average age of marriage (men); average age of marriage (women); legal age of marriage (men); and legal age of marriage (women).  In examining the map data they found that the legal age of marriage for each country seems to set the standard for the actual ages at which men and women marry. For example, in the United States, the legal age of marriage for men and women is the same (18 years old) for both genders – and the difference in the average age of marriage for men (28 years old) and women (26 years old) is very small. By contrast, in Niger the legal age of marriage for men is 18 – but for women it is only 15.  The difference in the average age of marriage for men (25 years old) and women (17 years old)  is fairly large and could be explained in part by the difference in the legal age of marriage for each gender.

Map 1 – Average Age of Marriage for Men:

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 Google Earth Map

 

 

Map 2 – Average Age of Marriage for Women:

Legend         Google Earth Map

Map 3 – Legal Age of Marriage for Men:

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Google Earth Map

 

 

Map 4 – Legal Age of Marriage for Women:

Legend Google Earth Map

By Janine Glathar

Janine Glathar joined the Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship team in 2009 to fill the newly-created role of GIS Specialist at Bucknell. She has worked in the field of geospatial technologies for more than 15 years as research specialist, technical analyst and software trainer. Prior to joining L&IT at Bucknell, Janine spent seven years doing applied GIS research in Philadelphia’s non-profit social services sector as the GIS Senior Analyst for Philadelphia Safe & Sound and the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition. Before transitioning to the social services research world, Janine worked for the GIS software company ESRI as a trainer and education/non-profit coordinator. She earned a B.A. in European History and Russian Language/Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. If you ask Janine where she’s from, she’ll tell you she’s a Navy brat and will probably offer to show you a map of all of the various places she’s lived over the years.

Areas of expertise:
ArcGIS, Digital Pedagogy, Digital Scholarship, GIS, Google Earth, Spatial Thinking