Ok, for all you crazy biological determinists and mapper extraordinaires, I have begun to compile links about mapping data as nature.
mapping
Mapping the body, both mapping it into space, mapping networks, cartography and topography.
Nothing wrong with it inherently, I guess, but it leads down a very slippery road of genetics and essence as we push these metaphors to the biological too far. But rather than focus on what’s wrong, i am trying to wack the weeds and find out which have potential for critical and progressive forms of representation (i.e. are cool).
So far of particular note is a the hijacking of the mapping of physical social bodies in space.
google_map_hacks
The monolith that has become Google has been co-opted as they had hoped, but at least some folks are rethinking locality.
ok, more soon, and comment if you have shit you think is (in) appropriate