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Dewey Decimal Number: 700 EAN: 9780979137723 ISBN: 0979137721 Label: Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Press Manufacturer: Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: March 01, 2008 Publisher: Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Press Release Date: March 01, 2008 Studio: Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Press Editorial Review: Product Description: An Atlas of Radical Cartography makes an important contribution to a growing cultural movement that traverses the boundaries between art, cartography, geography and activism. It pairs writers with artists, architects, designers and collectives to address the role of the map as political agent (rather than neutral document). Ten mapping projects dealing with social and political issues such as migration, incarceration, globalization, housing rights, garbage and energy issues, are complemented by 10 critical essays and dialogues responding to each map. The maps themselves are printed as posters, unbound for leisurely perusal. Among the contributors are artists Trevor Paglen, John Emerson, Ashley Hunt and Pedro Lasch, and essayists Avery Gordon, Heather Rogers, Alejandro De Acosta and Jenny Price. An Atlas of Radical Cartography also serves as a catalogue to the exhibition An Atlas, which has been touring the United States and internationally since July of 2007. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Disappointing ResultsI heard the editors of this book on the radio and I was intrigued by the map ideas, but I was disappointed in the execution. Some of the maps are not maps, but drawings, such as the one of North and South America drawn in a faded red with the label across the continents "Latino/a America." Is this radical? Another, titled "Routes of Least Surveillance," shows surveillance cameras in Manhattan--but the data is from 2001, and there's no explanation of how the data was obtained. Perhaps the included ... Read More Rating:  - Space DiscoverySpace Discovery: A review of An Atlas of Radical Cartography Review by Daniel Tucker The fist time I went to Central New York state, was the first time I knew where it was. The first time I heard about Sudan on the news, was the first time I knew where it was and what was on the nearby borders. Our personal maps of the world are continuously changing. Through our experiences we become aware of places and ideas previously unfamiliar. Through culture and tourism we feel invited ... Read More |
