Today we are all too familiar with the two cultures of cartography, belonging to the worlds of science and art . Digital mapping technologies produce ever more precise and dramatic visualisations of big quantitative data sets generated by the procedural methodologies of natural and social science. The map’s power to abstract and totalise has never been … [Read more...] about Mapping the Anthropocene: Some reflections on a short story by Barry Lopez
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Last Posts : on the after affects of the archive
This is the text of a talk given to a conference in Belgrade on 'Dialoguing between the Posts 2.0' in June 2019. I am grateful to Spela Zorko and Sanja Petovska for inviting me and for being such convivial hosts. Introduction I am delighted to have been invited to this conference and to have participated in so many interesting discussions, if only because it has taken … [Read more...] about Last Posts : on the after affects of the archive
IN SEARCH OF THE ANTIPODEAN
This piece was written for Livingmaps Review and appeared in section of the journal entitled News From Point Nemo. This is a geographical term denoting the most isolated and inaccessible points in the globe. As the journal’s editor at large, I have used this occasion to explore cartographic and other issues which arise from my travels, in this case to Australia and … [Read more...] about IN SEARCH OF THE ANTIPODEAN
WAITING GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
SOME UNSEASONAL THOUGHTS ON TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY This year I am giving a Brexit Advent Calendar to those of my friends who voted to Leave because they thought it would de-stabilise the political class, liberate us from the bureaucratic toils of Brussels and open up the road to socialism in our small island state. The online calendar depicts the Houses of Parliament as a … [Read more...] about WAITING GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
Pictures from a not quite gone city: A field trippers rambling guide to San Francisco
Near Views from Afar Schoolboys of my generation learnt one thing that stuck in our minds about San Francisco : earthquakes. The frequent earthquakes which devastated large parts of the city had something to do with the San Andreas fault and meant inhabitants went about in daily dread of the world collapsing about their ears. Later, watching the eponymous Hollywood … [Read more...] about Pictures from a not quite gone city: A field trippers rambling guide to San Francisco