Maps Mental ModelsMapa eurocéntrico Mapa americéntrico Mapa asiacéntrico. Greenland Dilemma:...
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Jose Jorge Saavedra Maps & Mental Models
Transcript of Maps Mental ModelsMapa eurocéntrico Mapa americéntrico Mapa asiacéntrico. Greenland Dilemma:...
Jose Jorge Saavedra
Maps &
Mental Models
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http://www.florenceprints.com/images/Mappamondi/Orbis-universalis.jpg
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http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/SUSTDEV/EIdirect/climate/images/4climate.GIF
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http://septera.com/medias/world_map_color.jpg
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http://www.gideons.ca/-media/misc/World-map.jpg
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http://www.poly.edu/assmus/PHY03.BMP
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http://www.worldkidmag.com/world_kid's_world/earth_three_globes.jpg
Which one is the right map?
Some of our maps may be outdated
Maps create a bias that is hard to change
Mapa americéntricoMapa eurocéntrico
Mapa asiacéntrico
Greenland Dilemma:¿How big is Greenland compared to Africa?
Some of our maps may be distorted
Africa: 30 millones Km2
Groenlandia: 2 millones Km2
Some of our maps may be missinterpreted
“The map is not the territory”
Problems with mental maps
• Outdated
• Distorted
• Misinterpreted
““theory is what determines theory is what determines what we can observewhat we can observe””
Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein
• “Don’t forget your history nor your destiny.”
• “None but ourselves can free our minds”
-Bob Marley (1945-1981)
