• Sandberg Institute

• Design research

Subjective Atlases

By Annelys de Vet

We have become completely dependent on the omnipresence of maps. We locate ourselves with simple clicks on our smartphones, and we blindly follow the navigation systems in our cars because we trust their ‘objective’ data. We accept as scientific arguments the geographical maps that illustrate news articles. These maps, showing certain parts of the world or of cities, are visualised on the basis of geographic measurements and so-called facts that are generally perceived to be neutral, impartial – the distances can be measured, the information can be checked, and the language appeals to objectivity

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