“Wars of nations are fought to change maps; wars on poverty are fought to map change…”
–Muhammad Ali
An ongoing Creative Politics series
Every site needs eye candy, right? For CP that means cool cartograms, our own and others,’ enlivened by our highly elastic definition of what constitutes a map (including the 21st century version of Mad magazine back covers, collaborative art), colorful analysis of what they mean, and–unlike those who forget “a thousand words” can penetrate cracks in reality light and sound cannot reach–creative implications for policy…
Contribucion Mexicano
Our first collaborative art project, one we hope will help put us on the map, both virtual and southwestern. Help us help Mexico make a contribution to the wall they–and we–might actually enjoy, even if the builders won’t…
Facebook Fact-Check
Facebook’s efforts to rid its platform of “fake news” leave a lot to be desired, as this little screenshot novel illustrates…
Creative Politics synthesizes the best of liberal and conservative ideals with technology and history to generate policies, strategies, applications, and actions for the post-modern era that are well outside the beltway, and well beyond just talk…
Our ultimate mapping project, Vespucci, a site whose goal is to map cyberspace, where everyone is a mapmaker, and anything can be a map. Been pursuing this one since before Baker was old enough to say “I want vespoochi”…