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I PACKED THIS MYSELF is a project working with migrant workers and local communities in Cornwall, which started in 2006. The aim: to break down prejudice and increase understanding



Thursday 21 January 2010

Ways of mapping


Interesting to look at medieval maps. Places are drawn, made figurative and pictorial. Am reading (skimming) David Harvey's book on postmodernism.
"The tradition of medieval mapping traditionally emphasises the sensuous..."
Above: A map of Champeaux, France, from the 15th century.
All this changes with the advent of perspective when geometry started to  measure and reflect space more accurately.
(Though not of course the spirit of a place).
The Condition of Postmodernity by David Harvey. (Kindly posted to me from Manchester by my daughter; it's on one of her reading lists.)
It will be interesting to see the new maps created by audiences as we roll out I Packed This Myself over the next few months.