7. Cartography at Ground Level : Spectrality and Streets in Jeremy Wood’s My Ghost and Meridians

Ferdinand, Simon

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“…Likewise, grounding the map permits departing from institutional limits (Ferdinand, 2018). Artist Jeremy Wood transforms the body of the walker into a "geodesic pencil" that inscribes urban landscapes as he traverses them (Ferdinand, 2018:138).…”

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“…Wood's maps make streets and their citizens the sites and agents of cartographic practice, empowering pedestrians since walking becomes an iterated performance of making and remaking streets (Ferdinand, 2018:138 and 139). His maps document spatial realities and daily rhythms (Ferdinand, 2018).…”

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“…Experts usually create maps since maps require particular data analysis, drawing, and reading skills to understand the landscapes' phenomenological and atmospheric qualities (Desimini, 2019:19). Their elevation not only refers to the perspective from which experts draw the map but also to the elevated role in the expertise's hierarchies (Certeau, 1984;Ferdinand, 2018). Expert urban planners and cartographers often answer to those holding political and economic power (Certeau, 1984;Ferdinand, 2018).…”

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“…Their elevation not only refers to the perspective from which experts draw the map but also to the elevated role in the expertise's hierarchies (Certeau, 1984;Ferdinand, 2018). Expert urban planners and cartographers often answer to those holding political and economic power (Certeau, 1984;Ferdinand, 2018). These experts generally follow standard mapping procedures, focusing on specific objects rather than the relationship among them, and mostly assume linear time (Cattoor, 2019:64).…”

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“…Maps from above, like "God's eye," contrast with maps from the ground, those experienced through one's body. The panoptic visualization of watching over the city takes distance and makes it readable from above (Ferdinand, 2018). "God's eye" maps separate the experts who create them and users who read them from the streets that manifest complex situated practices, allowing them to grasp the urban geographies without grabbing them (Ferdinand, 2018:145).…”

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“That is why users do not understand the maps we make for them”: Cartographic gaps between experts and domestic workers and the Right to the City

Montoya-Robledo

2023

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A broad gap exists between “God’s eye” transit maps from above that experts draw and how domestic workers map their commutes in Bogotá and Medellín, Colombia, through a street-level approach. Based on fieldwork conducted in both cities between 2017 and 2018, including interviews, participant observation, and social cartography, this translational article brings domestic workers’ understanding of the city they traverse daily vis-à-vis how experts conceive modern and rational public transportation systems. Delving into the literature on cartography, the Right to the City (RtC), and feminist geography, the study analyzes this gap and finds how it limits an effective RtC for this massive group of female commuters. It further provides public policy recommendations to address the gap and ensure RtC for all.

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