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Notes for a People's Atlas: People Making Maps of Their Cities / AREA Chicago; Samuel Barnett, Euan Hague, Jayne Hileman, Daniel Tucker, and Rebecca Zorach
Perfect bindings
FA.B121.2276
5.75 x 8.25 in; 14.605 x 20.955 cm
2011
A multi-city community mapping project initiated by AREA Chicago, a magazine about art, research, education and activism in Chicago and was since expanded to a number of cities throughout North America, Europe, and South America. The project called on residents of various cities to fill in a blank map of their town or city with information that is significant to them -- personal histories, past and present social movements, subcultures, favorite locations, proposals for alternative uses of public spaces, and any other information deemed relevant. The book and related website document the project by presenting the maps collected in each city along with commentary by leading thinkers dealing with art, urban space, cartography and definitions of place. Features mapping projects from: Chicago, IL; Zagreb, Croatia; Syracuse, NY; Cortland, NY; Greencastle, IN; Portland, OR; Granada, Spain; Waterville, ME; Chisinau, Moldova; New York City, NY; Detroit, MI; Boston, MA; Pilsen; Chicago; Santiago, Chile; London, ON, Canada; Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; Ukraine (Uzhgorod, Donetsk, Kherson, Simferopol, Vinnytsia); Gary, IN; and Valparasio, Chile.' Features contributions by Samuel Barnett, Euan Hague, Jayne Hileman, Daniel Tucker, and Rebecca Zorach. Perfect bindings. 101 page. Published by AREA Chicago.