Thinking About (and with) Maps

A Reflection on Artistic-Activist Interventions in Contemporary Metropolises

Bibliographic Data

ID2489182
AuthorsGuilhermo Aderaldo (0000-0003-2507-1967, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume16
Publication date2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1809-4341 • E-ISSN: 1809-4341
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1809-43412019v16d503
OpenAlexW2984832480
SCIELO_PIDS1809-43412019000100503
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

Hegemonic maps that are guided by political, cultural, and economic interests, name and create visibility schemes that establish representations of goods and natural resources while simultaneously fixing and making invisible the social and spatial dynamics that characterize mapped regions and populations as unique. Many associations and artistic-activist collectives are concerned about this situation and its effects and have started to use open source software in order make visible a set of political issues that are hidden by 'official' maps, geared towards control. With regard to this symbolic confrontation, the present article's main objective is to systematically reflect upon political and associative arrangements related to the contemporary dissemination of technological resources aimed at cartographic practices

Aesthetics · Art · Business · Geography · Hegemony · Political science · Politics · Sociology · The Symbolic · Visibility · Computer Science · Law · Psychology · Public Spaces through Art · Urban and sociocultural dynamics · Urban Development and Societal Issues

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