Map art and popular geopolitics: : Mapping borders between Colombia and Venezuela

• Autores: André Reyes Novaes
• Localización: Geopolitics, ISSN-e 1557-3028, Vol. 20, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 121-141
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper discusses whether the maps made by visual artists and media designers can be a form of counter-mapping, communicating narratives that may blur how state borders are currently defined. Maps and artworks have inseparable histories and many studies have been carried out in order to explore the role of cartography in the construction of national imaginations. If official maps published in atlases and textbooks are still limited to national territories, artistic maps became an important source of information about shared identities and cross-border ACTIVITIES. Taking as a case study maps made in a collaborative art project between Colombia and Venezuela and maps published in the Colombian mainstream press, the paper identified contradictory narratives, which can simultaneously dissolve and reinforce international borders. Starting with the analysis of images created in a very particular context, this paper seeks to contribute to ongoing debates regarding the relations between map art and popular geopolitics.