When you read a book, usually you take into account who the author is. You do this because you are aware that who the author is will inevitably change the perspective from which the book is written. Especially when it comes to history, authorship is important–reading a book about United States history written by a…
Author: krillippa
Critical Cohort-ography
Critical cartography means map-making that challenges dominant worldviews by illustrating and amplifying narratives and analyses of space that do not usually get seen or heard. In the Western tradition, maps have historically been used to justify logics of domination, colonization and imperialism. They have contributed to the reification of borders and territories, the destruction or…
Introduction
I grew up on the Southside Slopes, where skinny houses stack upon steep and narrow roads overlooking the Monongahela river. The slopes have their own driving etiquette: only one car can fit on the streets at a time, and parking-chairs are a popular negotiation of territory. As a child too young to drive, I found…