Corriger la perception qu'ont les dirigeants mondiaux de l'Afrique constitue une étape importante pour renforcer la place et les droits de ce continent.
- Chancellor's Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
L’ONU soutient désormais la projection Equal Earth, une carte du monde qui représente plus fidèlement la taille des continents, notamment celle de l’Afrique, longtemps réduite par la projection de Mercator.
Correcting the mental map of global leaders is an important step in amplifying Africa’s relevance and rights.
Renaming Ottawa’s Trump Avenue is part of a long history of cities engaging in “toponymic diplomacy.”
At a time when Americans disagree deeply over the meaning of citizenship, belonging and education, summer camps remain places where visions of the nation are communicated to young people.
Les cartes nous aident à donner un sens au monde qui nous entoure.
Maps help shape how we make sense of the world.
Rewriting the map can influence the public psyche in ways subtle and not so subtle.
Restoring Clingmans Dome to its original name of Kuwohi is a significant example of place name repatriation, or the return of an Indigenous name to a particular place or landscape.
A newly released app allows users to search for discriminatory roadway names, helping communities grasp the ubiquity of inequalities embedded in everyday spaces and the harm they cause.
Students renaming campus buildings during ongoing protests follows years of campus renaming controversies. A study of campus naming policies proposes how to make naming more inclusive.
Black activists have long used maps to help illustrate their communities’ history and to document historical injustices.
In the Shelby v. Holder decision, a key section of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act was eliminated, thus enabling states with histories of racial discrimination to enact new voting laws.
Once owned by James Madison, the Montpelier plantation remains a model for presenting a full depiction of the life of the former president as well as the lives of those he enslaved.
Plantation museums could be ideal venues for students to learn about the nation’s history of race-based slavery, but only if they stop whitewashing the horrors of what took place on their grounds.
For some military members, a hillside in California embodies the sacrifices of serving.
Mapping is one way African Americans fight for equality and help each other navigate a racially hostile landscape.
The modern poll tax isn’t paid in money, but in time – how long it takes a person to get to a polling place, and, once there, how long it takes for them to actually cast their ballot.
Where do old Confederate statues go when they die? The former Soviet bloc countries could teach the US something about dealing with monuments from a painful past.
When activists have sought to rename main thoroughfares that don’t serve just primarily black neighborhoods, they have faced many challenges.
Monuments to the Confederacy in New Orleans and many other cities are problematic. But a mere erasure will not address the issues around racism and racial inequality.
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