#petersprojection

[blysse-and-blunder]

I’m seeing R&G in Toronto soon too and I am SO excited but no one in my life understands what a big deal it is lol. Glad to see someone else who’s looking forward to it!

I’m sorry that no one around you is getting sufficiently HYPE are they just not theater people? Or not lotr people? Either way hello hi yes this is going to be SO GOOD I have almost been unable to think about it, it’s going to make me incredibly annoying otherwise!! Can’t wait to disCUSS

[zinebandressarraki]

#petersprojection VS #mercatorprojection

[natazaelia]

Nothing is where you think it is. Full #video clip on #Natakoi #YouTube #playlist #petersprojection #westwing #allisonjanney #map #world #earth

[callme-jojo]

ON MAPS.

I’ve always thought that if got a tattoo it would be map related or pertaining to a place in some way. I’ve thought seriously about getting the world map outline on my forearm or wrist, but I’m much too afraid of the permanence, potential regret, and large window for the thing being embarrassingly cliche. At the same time, it at least wouldn't be hypocritical. The number of countries I’ve traveled to is somewhere in the 20s at this point. I feel braggy and annoying when I say that, but the reality is that I value travel and the experiences I've already had in these 25 years have shaped who I am and I don't intend on ever stopping. BUT back to maps. My room's walls are covered in maps. My grandfather collected National Geographic magazines and maps. When he passed they ended up in our basement. All the maps up in my room are from him except for one. Some of them are old with outdated country names or borders and focus on different regions, but they are all drawn from  the Mercator Projection.  This video (a clip from The West Wing) illustrates pretty clearly what’s wrong with the Mercator Projection. It was first introduced in 1569. FIFTEEN SIXTY NINE. I’ll let that sink in. I mean, is that not crazy? The Mercator Map was created for sailors. And it made sense. But most of us are not sailors. So shouldn’t there be other maps that we use that are less about circumnavigating the globe and more about the accuracy of size and location of countries? Here’s a good podcast about Maps. It’s not easy transforming something 3D into a 2D representation..and thus any map is going to have some sort of shortcoming. But it’s ridiculous that we’ve been using this same one narrow perception of earth for centuries..and that schools are teaching it as the only way of conceptualizing our planet. So yeah, I got issues with maps.  Let’s see some quotes from the video.  "The Mercator Projection has fostered European imperialist attitudes for centuries and created an ethnic bias against the third world." What do maps have to do with social equality? ”In our society we unconsciously equate size with importance and even power. When third world countries are misrepresented they’re likely to be valued less. When Mercator maps exaggerate the importance of western civilization—when the top of the map is given to the northern half and the bottom is given to the southern—then people will tend to adopt top and bottom attitudes.  Here’s another quote by Jane Elliot ”“We use this map because it makes the United States and Europe look bigger than they actually are. It makes ‘The West’ look like it’s the center of the world, but it’s not. This map makes Africa and South America look smaller than they really are. This map makes the white portion of the earth look big and the brown and black portion of the earth look small. You’ve spent your whole life looking at a racist projection of the world. What they teach you in school is not ‘just the facts’. What they are teaching you is loaded with value judgments and in this case racism.” Taken from this article: Your Map is Racist and Here’s How How much of what we’ve learned and take immediately as truth is loaded with bias?  I don’t think I want a tattoo of a map that clearly has unresolved issues.