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Another blog post about the cool panel from Conflux

Metropolis POV » Radical Cartography
Most of us have a general sense of the geography of our planet through the maps and globes we’ve seen since we were little. But how often do we step back and think about where those images come from and what they mean? There’s an air of certitude to the contours of the Earth, but the outlines of its graphic representation have cultural and political biases any way you slice it. In today’s world of connectivity and data access the capacity to map has become an increasingly democratic enterprise with real power for change.

As part of the Conflux Festival, New York’s Center for Architecture hosted the panel discussion “Cartography of Protest and Social Change.” Panelists included Lize Mogel, co-editor with Alexis Bhagat of An Atlas of Radical Cartography; contributors John Emerson and Brooke Singer; and moderator Régine Debatty of we-make-money-not-art.com.

Add comment Datestamp: September 29th, 2008

updating and re-making shelf browsing in the library

Add comment Datestamp: September 27th, 2008

People’s Design Award

Add comment Datestamp: September 25th, 2008

David Letterman Catches John McCain Getting a Manicure, or something like it

Add comment Datestamp: September 25th, 2008

notes from the panel Cartography of Protest and Social Changes - we make money not art

Add comment Datestamp: September 24th, 2008

Hey Washington, can you buy my bad investments too?

Add comment Datestamp: September 24th, 2008

Pinocchio Politics - Where Truthiness Grows