A country that fines its citizens for using the wrong map

“Confiscating maps is just a way to send “a message of reassurance … over what China’s positions are,” says Zha Daojiong, an international security expert at Peking University. He has little sympathy for the “sloppy work by map producers,” as

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A country that fines its citizens for using the wrong map

“Confiscating maps is just a way to send “a message of reassurance … over what China’s positions are,” says Zha Daojiong, an international security expert at Peking University. He has little sympathy for the “sloppy work by map producers,” as

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11 Overlay Maps That Will Change The Way You See The World

That the Mercator projection displays the world in a distorted way is no news, but with Africa being twice the size of Russia I realise just how much distorted that is. Here is the tool

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11 Overlay Maps That Will Change The Way You See The World

That the Mercator projection displays the world in a distorted way is no news, but with Africa being twice the size of Russia I realise just how much distorted that is. Here is the tool

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Socio-technical systems for citizen empowerment

Submitted: February 2016 Paper submitted to International Journal of Electronic Governance for the Special Issue on Empowering Citizenship in the Hybrid City (Publication forthcoming). Socio-technical Systems for Citizen Empowerment: How to mediate between different expectations and levels of participation in the design of civic apps Authors: Naomi

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Socio-technical systems for citizen empowerment

Submitted: February 2016 Paper submitted to International Journal of Electronic Governance for the Special Issue on Empowering Citizenship in the Hybrid City (Publication forthcoming). Socio-technical Systems for Citizen Empowerment: How to mediate between different expectations and levels of participation in the design of civic apps Authors: Naomi

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Reading and making space through performance

Submitted: 21-02-2016 (Approved 27-04-2016) Workshop proposal for the Science + Technology By Other Means Conference, Barcelona (September 2016). For the track: Sensing, Walking and Embodiment With and By Technologies: A Track Away From The Desk Title Reading and making space through performance

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Reading and making space through performance

Submitted: 21-02-2016 (Approved 27-04-2016) Workshop proposal for the Science + Technology By Other Means Conference, Barcelona (September 2016). For the track: Sensing, Walking and Embodiment With and By Technologies: A Track Away From The Desk Title Reading and making space through performance

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The emancipation of data; performative mapping for affect-based knowledge production

Submitted: 21-02-2016 Paper proposal for the Science + Technology By Other Means Conference, Barcelona (September 2016) For the track: Critical Data Studies Title The emancipation of data; performative mapping for affect-based knowledge production Authors Bueno de Mesquita, N. and Ghajarjazi, A. Short Abstract

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The emancipation of data; performative mapping for affect-based knowledge production

Submitted: 21-02-2016 Paper proposal for the Science + Technology By Other Means Conference, Barcelona (September 2016) For the track: Critical Data Studies Title The emancipation of data; performative mapping for affect-based knowledge production Authors Bueno de Mesquita, N. and Ghajarjazi, A. Short Abstract

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Nomadic mapping: unfolding nomadic movements in digital performative mapping

Submitted: 15-12-2015 Abstract written together with Arash Ghajarjazi for Virtuality, Becoming and Life – Deleuze Studies Conference, Rome (June 2016) Nomadic mapping: unfolding nomadic movements in digital performative mapping The nomad is always prepared to burst forth, at any time,

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Nomadic mapping: unfolding nomadic movements in digital performative mapping

Submitted: 15-12-2015 Abstract written together with Arash Ghajarjazi for Virtuality, Becoming and Life – Deleuze Studies Conference, Rome (June 2016) Nomadic mapping: unfolding nomadic movements in digital performative mapping The nomad is always prepared to burst forth, at any time,

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Beware the map app zombie!

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Beware the map app zombie!

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Maps and politics; intrinsically intertwined

See how borders change on Google Maps depending on where you view them

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Maps and politics; intrinsically intertwined

See how borders change on Google Maps depending on where you view them

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Mapping the world; design and conflicts (DAE)

On the 13th of January 2016 the event Mapping the world; design and conflicts was setup for the Design Debates programme. Four mapping experts (artist Jan Rothuizen,  designer/researcher Joost Grootens, researcher Leeke Reinders and researcher Naomi Bueno de Mesquita) presented their work.

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Mapping the world; design and conflicts (DAE)

On the 13th of January 2016 the event Mapping the world; design and conflicts was setup for the Design Debates programme. Four mapping experts (artist Jan Rothuizen,  designer/researcher Joost Grootens, researcher Leeke Reinders and researcher Naomi Bueno de Mesquita) presented their work.

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596 Acres

A team of law and information design professionals aim to help citizens transform vacant public land in the city of New York into community resources. 596 Acres began their approach by analysing open data on vacant land provided by the city,

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596 Acres

A team of law and information design professionals aim to help citizens transform vacant public land in the city of New York into community resources. 596 Acres began their approach by analysing open data on vacant land provided by the city,

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