Lessons From the Swiss Cheese Map
Year: 2005
Type: preprint
Abstract: Maps record facts but, whether by design or by accident, they also project worldviews and function as arguments. Maps attached to Israeli-Palestinian peace agreements are a case in point. Every map reflects a set of judgments that influence the viewer's impression of the underlying data. The choice of colors and labels, the cropping, and the process of selecting what gets included and what gets left out all combine to form a visual gestalt. A skilled designer can make peace seem inevitable or impossible, reassuring or terrifying, logical or jumbled.
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Author: Shari Motro
Institution: University of Richmond
Language: English
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3122897993