Shifts in Mapping: Maps as a Tool of Knowledge

Author:   Christine Schranz
Publisher:   Transcript Verlag
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9783837660418


Pages:   294
Publication Date:   26 November 2021
Format:   Paperback
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Depicting 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?

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Author:   Christine Schranz
Publisher:   Transcript Verlag
Imprint:   Transcript Verlag
Dimensions:   Width: 1.60cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.40cm
Weight:   0.652kg
ISBN:  

9783837660418


ISBN 10:   3837660419
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   26 November 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Besprochen in: https://www.fhnw.ch, 29.11.2021


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Christine Schranz (Dr. phil.) studierte Szenografie (MA) und Visuelle Kommunikation (Diplom), beides an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. Sie ist Designerin und hat einen Doktortitel in Film- und Medienwissenschaft an der Universität Wien (Österreich), in Zusammenarbeit mit der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Schweiz). Sie ist Leiterin der Programmforschung am Institut für Contemporary Design Practices an der Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst FHNW in Basel. Derzeit führt sie ein Forschungsprojekt im Rahmen von» Commons in Design«, das vom Schweizerischen Nationalfonds (SNF) finanziert wird. Weitere Forschungsaktivitäten umfassen Stipendien in der Forschungsgruppe Archaeologies of Media (AMT), eine Forschungsgruppe an der Winchester School of Art – University of Southampton und den Lehrstuhl für Kunsttheorie und Kuratieren an der Zeppelin Universität in Friedrichshafen sowie ein Promotionsstipendium am Lehrstuhl für Bildende Kunst an der TU Berlin.

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