Saturday, October 22, 2011

Maps as Art

Maps as Art-
Not a new concept, but clearly a big favorite....


China


Haiti



 Tsunami Map



Places US has bombed 





 Jasper Johns



 Jasper Johns



Talavera Tile Map

Health and Disease Maps

Asian Route of Cholera



HSN1 Outbreaks 2005



 HIV/AIDS Prevalence




 Health Services Maps

Medical Tourism

Migrant Clinicians Migration Map



Traditional Medicine Policy Map

Traditional Medicine Use Map

Global Health Systems & Politics


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Maps of the Americas

Maps of the Americas from pre-Hispanic Occupation forward….





Hispanic Occupation

 The Conquest of Mexico


Mexico City


 Mexico City
 
Sacred Sites in Mexico

North American Integration?




 

Monday, May 2, 2011

Subversive Maps

Without a doubt, I am map-obsessed.  Anytime I go anywhere I haven't been before, I locate a map of the area and investigate the landscape thoroughly.  I occasionally also use Mapquest and GoogleEarth, but I love an old-fashioned paper map.  There is so much history and information about the social, economic and political landscapes embedded in maps, particularly if you look at how some maps of various parts of the world and universe have changed so dramatically over time.  Clearly, making maps and representing the world via maps is a political process.  The internet and computers have made 'mapping' more than just earthly terrain a fascinating topic.  Below I have posted a number of my favorite 'subversive maps'- maps that twist and stretch the perspectives and information by which we interpret our global and local landscapes. 

Maps of Global Populations (in terms of size, flows, genetics, geography, etc.)

Population - Volumes and Flows:






The Age of Discovery 1340-1600

Colonial Overseas Trade 1740

Immigration in the 19th Century 1800-1914


Human Migrations




Family Tree DNA

Global Paths


People Adrift : Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Displaced People




Refugee Source Countries

Trafficing of Women and Children USA Routes





Globlal Immigration and Migration


Map of Immigration




Map of Human TRafficing



Mapping Discourses in Illegal Migration



Invisible Trajectories in the IE






Technology Maps


Map of Internet


Trafficking Waste





 

City Maps/Historical Maps











Public Security and Military Maps


Maps of U.S. Military Bases






World Social Forum Action Map