WEEK 2

MAKING OF THE ZINE

This weeks readings were:
-What would feminist datavisualization look like?, D’Ignazio Catherine
-The Politics of Design, Pater R.
-Subjective Atlas of Hungary, Vet A. de & Bujdosó A.

1

FOCUS ON PROJECTION

In between the words that we have chosen to visualise I have gotten the word projection.
I started of with the general research and afterwards I started the analogue collaging process. I have decided to work this week again with analogue collaging but then still incorporate digital elements.

THEME

what does projection mean?

what is the definition of projection?

Subjective Atlas of Hungary, Vet A. de & Bujdosó A.
-atlas includes multiple views on Hungary, it consists of several views on Hungary
-you can find everything from most traditional buildings to recycled fences, national rhyme, wine spritzer, vegetable gardens, sold-out products

The Politics of Design, Pater R.
-making things visible
-mapping a superpowerful tool to use for understandings
-historical contexts in mapping: it is always connected to use power over people, territory
-if you make a map which way would you choose to make it

-Maps and Legends: indigenous people of the arctic made wooden maps of coastline, meant to be felt not read, perfect for navigating in a kayak -> proof that maps have different forms and functions
-last map: map of the behaviour of the sea, way to navigate how to get around in-between

-the graphic nature of maps simplifies reality, giving makers and users a sense of power without social and ecological responsibilities but using different graphics and typographies can cause significant political conflicts
-modern cartography originated in European colonialism
-the best way to show the world is of course in a globe but it can never show the entire surface so that is why 2D perspective is needed, and that is what we call projection

first definition

second definition

-a systematic transformation of the latitudes and longitudes of locations from the surface of a sphere or an ellipsoid into locations on a plane
-all map projections necessarily distort the surface in some fashion
-depending on the purpose of the map, some distortions are acceptable and others are not; therefore, different map projections exist in order to preserve some properties
-there is no limit to the number of possible map projections
-projections are a subject of several pure mathematical fields, including differential geometry, projective geometry, and manifolds
-any mathematical function transforming coordinates from the curved surface to the plane is a projection

-the ways in which we visualize the world are varied- we have pictures, maps, globes, satellite imagery, hand drawn creations and more
-there are many kinds of maps made from a variety of materials and on a variety of topics. Clay tablets, papyrus, and bricks made way for modern maps portrayed on globes and on paper; more recent technological advances allow for satellite imagery and computerized models of the Earth
-cylindrical map projections: this kind of map projection has straight coordinate lines with horizontal parallels crossing meridians at right angles, all meridians are equally spaced and the scale is consistent along each parallel, cylindrical map projections are rectangles, but are called cylindrical because they can be rolled up and their edges mapped in a tube, or cylinder, the only factor that distinguishes different cylindrical map projections from one another is the scale used when spacing the parallel lines on the map
-conic map projections: defined by the cone constant, which dictates the angular distance between meridians
-azimuthal map projection: angular- given three points on a map (A, B, and C) the azimuth from Point B to Point C dictates the angle someone would have to look or travel in order to get to A

FINAL ZINE SPREAD

-I have focused on the fact how many map projections exist and how many people try to make their own
-I also still wanted to keep it a bit obvious so that is the reason for the world in the background and sphere
-this map turned out to be less abstract than the previous ones
-I like the fact it connect on the other side and doesn't stop on the left page

What would feminist datavisualization look like?, D’Ignazio Catherine
- data visualizations wield a tremendous amount of rhetorical power
-critical cartographywould say that maps are sites of power and produce worlds that are intimately bound up with that power
-Andy Kirk is wondering why is there no limitations in a map, where is the data not certain, where is it missing etc., she thinks those informations should also be marked on a map
-Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science (a civic science group with whom I am an organizer) has atechnique of mapping where you hang a camera from a kite or balloon in order to collect aerial imagery