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western notions of mapping [abd6189d]

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  • Western fascination with maps and air power, the fetishism of making the unknown knowable is a modern development, enabled by new generations of surveillance tech and social media. But it’s boring to think about it in face of war, let’s push this further and consider the ramifications of map making
  • Document creation alongside with Ben Kafka and bureaucracy with the messiness of paper
  • iraq as the most libertarian country, it has all the trappings of a modern country bureaucracy, but lacks any of the teeth

  • comparison to uruguay