Sébastien Caquard

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Maps influence the world through their representation of the size of countries and the kinds of information they emphasize. (Correct The Map)

Corriger la carte : une résolution de l’ONU pour mieux représenter le monde, et en particulier l’Afrique

Sébastien Caquard, Concordia University

La résolution de l’ONU, présentée par un groupe d’États africains, remédie à 450 ans d’injustice cartographique en reconnaissant les distorsions engendrées par la projection de Mercator.
Maps can be a tool in the defense of Indigenous communities against extractive industries. Canadian Centre for Architecture; Grant Tigner, painter. Seagrams Limited, publisher. The St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project, in The St. Lawrence Seaway: The Realization of a Mighty Dream, 1954.

Using maps as a weapon to resist extractive industries on Indigenous territories

Sébastien Caquard, Concordia University; Annita Lucchesi, University of Lethbridge; Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert, McGill University; Leah Temper, McGill University, and Thomas Mcgurk, Concordia University

Historically, western corporate maps have been privileged over Indigenous ones. But given the essential debate of territory in resource conflicts, maps are a crucial tool.

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