Free the Map: From Atlas to Hermes: A New Cartography of Borders and Migration
Free the Map: From Atlas to Hermes: A New Cartography of Borders and Migration
$49.95
Henk | Rotterdam, Netherlands | NAI010 Publishers, 2024 | Softbound | 7.75 x 10.75 in. | 150 pp | Color illustrations
A map is a visual story of the world. It feeds our imagination and shapes our view of the world. A standard atlas, however, predominantly tells only one story: that of the nation-state. It depicts a world in which people are uniformly packed into national containers, enclosed by borders, and in which migration is often represented as threatening invasion arrows. Free the Map goes beyond this narrow, state-centric cartography. The book argues for a new cartographic story along the lines of Hermes, the grandson of Atlas and the god of mobility and human connections. To this end, it discusses several visually compelling, alternative cartographic representations of borders and migration. Free the Map ends with a call to action; artists and cartographers offer exciting ready-to-use challenges for educational and public resources.
With contributions by Rodrigo Bueno Lacy, Tofe Al-Obaidi, Catalogtree, Yishay Garbasz, Susanne Khalil Yusef, Nicolas Lambert, Sarah Mekdjian, Ruben Pater, Philippe Rekacewicz, Malkit Shoshan, Jonas Staal, Irene Straccuzi, Annelys de Vet, Jasmijn Visser, Denis Wood.
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