Cartographies of Time: A Visual History of the Timeline by Maria Popova.
Maria reviews Cartographies of Time: A History of the Timeline by Daniel Rosenberg and Anthony Grafton.
More examples drawn from the text than analysis of the same.
The examples represent events but attempt to make the viewer aware of their embedding in time and place. A location that is only partially represented by a map.
I mention that because maps shown on news casts, particularly about military action, seem to operate the other way.
News maps appear to subtract time and its close cousin, distance, out of their maps.
Events happen in the artificial area created by the map, where the rules of normal physics don’t apply.
More troubling, the maps become the “reality” for the viewing audience rather than a representative of a much bloodier and more ambiguous reality on the ground.
Just curious if you have noticed that difference.
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