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Podcast: Interplace
Episode: A Groma from Rome Finds a New Home
Description: Hello Interactors,This is week two of Cartography. The next few posts will serve as a series looking at how the map of the United States came to be and its role in charting our history.This post looks behind the origins of those neatly organized polygons that enable the choropleth maps I talked about last week. Mapmaking’s history dates back to ancient times – as do the motivations behind them. While maps help us to better understand and interact with the world, they also help establish authority and control.As interactors, you’re spec...