An Atlas of countercartography
This Is Not an Atlas will be presented next week in Berlin at the Linke Buchtage.
From Friday on a selection of counter-maps will be exposed in the rooms of the book fair and on Sunday (14:00 – 16:00) we will present the project Not-an-Atlas (in German!), show our brand new documentary on counter-cartographies and discuss our recent insights from Latin America as well as future projects.
On the 20th of April the Not-an-Atlas will be presented in Athens at the 8th International Conference of Critical Geography ICCG 2019 (https://www.iccg2019.org/programme).
Over the past couple of years kollektiv orangotango has gathered counter-cartographies from all over the world. “This Is Not an Atlas – A Global Collection of Counter-Cartographies” shows how maps are created and transformed as a part of political struggle, for critical research or in the context of art and education. This collection will be presented in Athens in an exhibition, in a documentary on counter-cartographies and in an video message.
Presented by kollektiv orangotango and Geobrujas (https://twitter.com/geobrujas?lang=es)
at Amphitheatre 002,
School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens
42 Patision str., 10682, Athens, Greece.
On the 9th of April the Not-an-Atlas America Latina Tour ended in Quito. Thanks to all supporters! It was really wonderful, muito lindo, maravilhoso!
Not-an-Atlas is starting it´s tour through South America in Valparaíso, Chile! The event is organized together with CRAC (https://notanatlas.org/maps/making-cartographies-of-ourselves/). The event includes an exhibition of counter-maps, a preview screening of “This Is Not an Atlas – A Documentary on Counter-Cartographies” (that will be released soon on notanatlas.org) and a discussion. We invite a local counter-mapmakers to participate and discuss with us.
(Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/494829810921915/)
At the Event in Basel we discussed Not-an-Atlas with Julia Mia, author of Über Projektionen: Weltkarten und WeltanschauungenVon der Rekonstruktion zur Dekonstruktion, von der Konvention zur Alternative. Besides presenting Not-an-Atlas to local activists and confronting it with their practice we, thus, deepened the discussion on the necessity and potentials of alternative projections of the world.
As a usefull tool to experiment with possible projections, check out Julia Mia’s Worldmapcreator.
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