Πανταζής, Χάρτες και ιδεολογίες (2018)
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Πανταζής, Χάρτες και ιδεολογίες (2018)

Vaggelis Pantazis, Maps and Ideologies: The Orientation of Maps and the Destiny of People (2018). In Greek, paperback (21x14 cm), 518 p.
Why in our maps north is up and south is down? What was going on in other times? Who, when, how, and why did they impose the specific orientation of the maps? What impact did this have on people’s consciousness, attitude and action? Did it had influence on the fate of people? Is the orientation of world maps responsible for the much-discussed in present-day dominance of the developed North over the underdeveloped South? Is the hunger that afflicts the children of the African or American South related with the maps hanging on the walls of their schools? Is it related to the particular way they hang? Exploring the ideological parameters that define the way maps were designed and are designed today, the researcher Vangelis Pantazis composes an original and particularly lush essay on the political, in essence, role of cartography.