Map Study Pack 2007
Eight resources for a better understanding of the earth

This special pack for teachers and students is very timely; we are at a moment in history when we need to look critically at our understanding of the world. How much do traditional world maps reflect the age when they were developed, when Europe dominated and exploited the world?

This specially-priced pack brings together an excellent collection of resources to initiate inquiry and fresh thinking about our world-view.

What you get:

The Population Map: What if you wanted to see a map representing the number of people per country rather than the land mass? NOW YOU CAN in this superb new resource - the POPULATION MAP. It’s a memorable compilation of information, presented in striking graphics and fascinating text. It provides a contrast with the media’s interpretation of world events.
Size: 1320 x 888mm folded map.

Seeing Through Maps: Through its 70 maps and illustrations, this book is designed to reveal the "hidden agenda" of maps. Map projections are used as a metaphor for seeing the world from different points of view (other countries, other cultures, other peoples and other times).

The NI Ark 2007 CD-ROM: In 1983 New Internationalist published two ground-breaking stories on political geography, examining the way we look at the earth. An article in the May edition gave the background on how the startling "Peters Projection" came about. In the June edition New Internationalist published the Peters Projection World Map, the first time it had been published in English. By March 1989 it was time to review "Map Wars", the raging debates over the Peters Projection, which turned out to be one of the most controversial world maps ever produced. These classic articles are included on the Ark, along with thousands of other articles. The NI Ark contains 25 years of NI magazine.

Peters Projection World Map - Folded: This full colour wall map illustrates the hidden bias of conventional map projections. Size: 850mm x 600mm folded map.

Maps are Territories; Science is an atlas, by David Turnbull: Turnbull analyses maps both as a metaphor for knowledge and as a means of representing knowledge. The graphics are fascinating, and the analysis and case studies are timeless and illuminating. They provide an exceptional insight into the function and meaning of maps, including an interpretation of Australian Aboriginal bark paintings as maps of social organization.

Hobo-Dyer Laminated World Map: A double-sided placemat-size world map using a new Cylindrical Equal Area Projection (see www.odt.org/hdp for more information). On one side is a startling "South-Up" map, with Australia top centre! It’s a great way to shake people up and help them question their assumptions. 430mm x 280mm.

Many Ways to See the World - DVD: Presents twelve compelling world maps in a fast-paced program that challenges the way its audiences view the world. A provocative learning tool that presents historical and current images to generate interest and awareness of maps and their messages.

Peters World Atlas: • ONE WORLD, ONE SCALE - The first Atlas to show each country at its true size in relation to the rest of the world • ALL MAPS ARE PETERS PROJECTION - The only Atlas to preserve area accuracy for every part of the globe • 246 THEMATIC MAPS - On nature, people and society; including global rainfall, birth control, marriage, status of women, military strength.

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