An atlas of radical cartography

An Atlas of Radical Cartography makes an important contribution to a growing cultural movement that traverses the boundaries between art, cartography, geography and activism. It pairs writers with artists, architects, designers and collectives to address the role of the map as political agent (rather than neutral document). Ten mapping projects dealing with social and political issues such as migration, incarceration, globalization, housing rights, garbage and energy issues are complemented by 10 critical essays and dialogues responding to each map. The maps themselves are printed as posters, unbound for leisurely perusal. Among the contributors are artists Trevor Paglen, John Emerson, Ashley Hunt and Pedro Lasch and essayists Avery Gordon, Heather Rogers, Alejandro De Acosta and Jenny Price. An Atlas of Radical Cartography also serves as a catalogue to the exhibition An Atlas , which has been touring the United States and internationally since July of 2007.

Other worlds, other maps : mapping the unintended city / Jai Sen. -- Tactical cartographies / Institute for Applied Autonomy. -- Mapping ghosts : Visible collective talks to Trevor Paglen. -- Drawing escape tunnels through borders / Maribel Casas-Cortes and Sebastian Cobarrubias. -- Latino/a America : a geophilosophy for wanderers / Alejandro de Acosta. -- Latino/a America : Selecciones / Pedro Lasch. -- Our land is changing--soon yours will, too / Sarah Lewison. -- Drawing (on) water in Los Angeles / Jenny Price, ... [et al.] -- The power of garbage / Heather Rogers. -- New York City garbage machine / Damon Rich. -- Struggles over transition: emancipating energy? / Kolya Abramsky. -- A world map / Avery F. Gordon. -- A world map in which we see ... / Ashley Hunt.