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OverviewDepicting the world, territory, and geopolitical realities involves a high degree of interpretation and imagination. It is never neutral. Cartography originated in ancient times to represent the world and to enable circulation, communication, and economic exchange. Today, IT companies are a driving force in this field and change our view of the world; how we communicate, navigate, and consume globally. Questions of privacy, authorship, and economic interests are highly relevant to cartography's practices. So how to deal with such powers and what is the critical role of cartography in it? How might a bottom-up perspective (and actions) in map-making change the conception of a geopolitical space? Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christine SchranzPublisher: Transcript Verlag Imprint: Transcript Verlag Dimensions: Width: 1.60cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.40cm Weight: 0.652kg ISBN: 9783837660418ISBN 10: 3837660419 Pages: 294 Publication Date: 27 November 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPreface; Research Interest; On the Symposium and Exhibition; Acknowledgments; Shifts in Mapping; Introduction to the essay section; Shifts in Mapping: Two Concepts which have Changed the World View; Atlas of Indexical Cities: A Personal Search Engine for the World; Reflections on the Cartographic Languages When collectively mapping possible worlds; Critical Map Visualizations; The Digital Memory of Palmyra: (How) can data images be critical?; Design through Graduation; Radical Cartography; Biographies; Introduction to the Exhibition: STRATEGIES OF NEOGEOGRAPHY IN RECENT MEDIA ART; Works/Artists in the Exhibition.ReviewsBesprochen in: https://www.fhnw.ch, 29.11.2021 Author InformationChristine Schranz (Dr.) studied scenography (MA) and visual communication (diploma degree), both at Zurich University of the Arts. She is a designer and holds a PhD in theater, film and media studies from Universität Wien (Austria), in cooperation with Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Switzerland). She is head of programme research at the Institute of Contemporary Design Practices at Academy of Art and Design FHNW in Basel. Currently she is conducting a research project in »Commons in Design«, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Other research activities include fellowships at the Archaeologies of Media and Technology (AMT) research group at the Winchester School of Art - University of Southampton and the Chair of Art Theory & Curating at the Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen as well as a doctoral fellowship at the Chair of Visual Arts at TU Berlin. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |