This is not an atlas

An Atlas of countercartography

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Not-an-Atlas in Athens

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.

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Not-an-Atlas in Valparaíso

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/)

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Not-an-Atlas – On Projections

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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This Is Not an Atlas goes Basel

December 1st 2018 we present Not an Atlas at Carambolage in Basel.

This Is Not an Atlas gathers more than 40 counter-cartographies from all over the world. This collection shows how maps are created and transformed as a part of political struggle, for critical research or in art and education. This Is Not an Atlas seeks to inspire, to document the underrepresented, and to be a useful companion when becoming a counter-cartographer yourself. We want to present this global collection of counter-cartographies in a way that activists, academics, artists, counter-cartographers, editors and authors of This Is Not an Atlas can share their experiences in different ways.

Special Guest: Dr. Julia Mia Stirnemann

In her book „Über Projektionen: Weltkarten und Weltanschauungen“ Julia Mia gives insights in world maps and shows how their form of presentation are coined by historically specific weltanschauung. From reconstruction – unveiling paradigmatic conceptions of the world in the respective world maps – she goes to to deconstruction of these maps, to, finally, propose alternative cartographic representations of the world.
Julia Mia will present her book and discuss Not an Atlas with us.

Artist, activist and cartographers from Basel/Dreyeckland are invited to join and debate with us the potential of counter-cartography for their activity.

Free entrance

Start: 8 pm.

Carambolage, Erlenstraße 34, Basel

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