Comments on: Towards an Atlas of Globalization

By: sarah78

sarah78 — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:29:49 +0000

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By: juan

juan — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:03:15 +0000

as for mapping and ngos – http://maps2.humaninet.org/about/

also handy – http://freedom.indiemaps.com/

By: juan

juan — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:58:06 +0000

ran into this post through worldchanging. couple of things I like which you may already know about:

princeton has a wiki on visualizing (economic) globalization – http://www.princeton.edu/~mapglobe/HTML/home.html

best book on infrastructure, and it’s visualization, that i’ve ever seen – http://www.amazon.com/Works-Anatomy-City-Kate-Ascher/dp/0143112708/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233636361&sr=1-1

tufte has a book on dynamic visualization, would probably be useful for flows – http://www.amazon.com/Visual-Explanations-Quantities-Evidence-Narrative/dp/0961392126/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_c

terrific online resource on the geography of transportation, complements a book – http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/

an early stab at the geography of the internet – http://www.amazon.com/Mapping-Cyberspace-Martin-Dodge/dp/0415198844/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233636671&sr=1-1

..getting a little carried away now

this the book on economic globalization – http://www.amazon.com/Global-Shift-Fifth-Changing-Contours/dp/1593854366/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233636671&sr=1-6

By: …My heart’s in Accra » My talk at Berkman: Mapping a connected world

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:40:54 +0000

[...] these maps get pulled out when something goes wrong. (See this blog post for a discussion of maps of infrastructure and infrastructure failure.) I worry that this distorts [...]

By: Sonia

Sonia — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:45:23 +0000

Mapping would serve developing countries even more. It can create order, parallel to the disorder called governments. Education is a big issue, maps can identify schools that need teachers or those that have space for students, and thus mobilize teachers, students and volunteers.

In the same respect, there could also be a mapping for areas facing hunger and placement of NGOs, so as to mobilise the non-profit and private efforts.

By: Notes from Berkman Luncheon w/ Ethan Zuckerman on “Mapping Globalization” « Department of Alchemy 4-273

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:42:09 +0000

[...] Ethan’s post on his blog: Towards an Atlas of Globalization [...]

By: Pretty Maps for Post-Exams « All of the Above

Pretty Maps for Post-Exams « All of the Above — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:49:39 +0000

[...] there is definitely war paint involved), and was reminded of Ethan Zuckerman’s idea for an atlas of globalization. Thanks, Ethan, for pointing out the beauty and value of these maps! 1891: Telegraph Lines 2004: [...]

By: …My heart’s in Accra » Seduced by BBC’s maps of British infrastructure

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:59:55 +0000

[...] Somewhere in the process of exploring this, I’ve started trying to collect maps that depict flow rather than infrastructure, wondering whether it would be possible to build an atlas that depicts globalization and flow. [...]

By: Andrius Kulikauskas

Andrius Kulikauskas — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:45:05 +0000

Ethan, Thank you for posting about this. I just finished teaching algebra at the American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The gas was turned off in Sarajevo including my apartment so it was 6 degrees Celsius indoors (and minus 8 outdoors).

I am writing from Boston where I’m attending the OLPC conference http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XOcamp2 encouraged by Edward Cherlin, who is organizing the creation of open source textbooks. I will create learning materials for algebra.

Ethan, it would be great to meet and talk how or where we might work well together. I don’t understand why, but I was blocked from writing at the PBS Idealab website, ostensibly for highlighting personal stories, which I suppose are “too real”, yet I think true and relevant. I appreciate your help so that all might be appreciated and included. I will be in Boston until January 21 and it would be great to talk at the Berkman center.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:45:20 +0000

I think that’s right on Amr. I wrote a bit about microinfrastructure some months back – see http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/07/02/incremental-infrastructure-or-how-mobile-phones-might-wire-africa/ – and I agree that it’s easier to imagine power generation and communication than railroads or sewage systems.

I’m always a little suspicious of the “live off the grid” fantasy – it takes me back to some of the 1960s idealism in the US, much of which proved to be more talk than action. On the other hand, there certainly are people who successfully live with a low infrastructural footprint. (An old friend of mine is building an Earthship in Ithaca, NY right now. Bet that’s very cold work.)

My hope would be for more and more creative ways for individuals and small groups to build their own infrastructure, and increased transparency around the big pieces of infrastructure. If we can’t build it ourselves, at least we can understand it better and push for ways in which it can be fairer, more effective, less corrupt, etc.