The Wisdom of Borges
__
Geographical Imaginations No.1
_
EPISODE TWENTY FOUR Countries & Capitals
In EPISODE TWENTY FOUR, Countries & Capitals, we seek to increase our geographic literacy by reviewing country names (in the order of most to least populated) while locating each within its region and naming its capital city. At the same time we also critique the very same geographical imagination this limited view of geography constructs in our minds. Test your skills by following along with this map.
EPISODE TWENTY THREE Deconstructing the Map w/ Denis Wood
Maps are ubiquitous in today’s world. Our geographical imaginations are both expanded and limited by this “communication of geographical knowledge” (maybe an attempt at a definition?). But, what is a map? Academic geographers in North America and Western Europe started to seriously question their taken-for-granted history roughly 25 years ago with the publication of papers, essays and books by Denis Wood and J. Brian Harley. Join us for an episode-long conversation with Denis Wood as we explore Google Maps, critical cartography, the geo-body, Winnie the Pooh and Boylan Heights in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The episode first broadcasts on Radio Fabrik at 7:06 PM Salzburg, Austria time and 1:06 PM New York on the 4th Saturday of the month. Check us out this Saturday, September 24th to hear our latest work. As always, you can find the podcast posted later on the website at https://www.geographicalimaginations.org/episodes/.
Photograph by Johnny Finn
Imagining Detroit Geographies
Imagining Detroit Geographies (click for a pdf) was a presentation given by Kevin S. Fox at Pecha Kucha Night Detroit Vol. 28 in conjunction with the 24th Annual Congress for the New Urbanism. The theme was “The Transforming City.”