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Maps as power, persuasion, propaganda. Not in video format, but a couple of examples... 1) The Guardian Review, p.7, 16 October 2010,'Land Lines' - describes the origins of the O/s as a tool to subjugate the Jacobite rebels of Scotland. 2) 'The Cultivated Wilderness', Paul Shepheard, MIT Press, Massachissetts USA / Cambrcidge UK, 1997 - pp.199-200, describes how newspaper maps in WW1 in The Times showed militarily-irrelvant village sof Agincourt, Crecy, Waterloo - to stir up British patriotism of battles of long ago. Dr Hillary Shaw Food and Supply Chain Management Department Harper Adams University College Newport Shropshire TF10 8NB www.fooddeserts.org Those who neglect the gain of knowledge in order to maximise the gain of beauty will ultimately gain neither -----Original Message----- From: Lauren Martin <[log in to unmask]> To: CRIT-GEOG-FORUM <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sat, 26 May 2012 8:49 Subject: Video introducing maps Hello all, A colleague in our Education Department is teaching a class on multiculturalism and is including a section on cultural geography, landscape, maps, and power. He would like to include a video introducing maps as technologies of power--any suggestions? I will happily collate the responses and send them to the list. Deepest thanks, Lauren --------- Dr. Lauren L. Martin Postdoctoral Researcher Mobilities, Borders, and Identity Research Group Department of Geography University of Oulu [log in to unmask]