“The Spread of Christianity throughout Europe” by Jordan Engel (all images courtesy Decolonial Atlas)
"European colonizers first imposed borders on the Americas by drafting maps. Arbitrary lines, written to justify genocide, became symbols of private prosperity in the so-called 'New World.' Indigenous cultures were supplanted by the Western canon, which developed an alternative history of the lands to vindicate itself. Settler colonialism continues to inflect mainstream media, rationalizing housing segregation and police violence as byproducts of law and order. One volunteer group is working against this narrative, decolonizing cartography in an effort to envision the world before and after capitalist exploitation. Since 2014, the Decolonial Atlas has restored Indigenous maps of the US and Canada in Native languages; questioned how Africa and Asia might look without borders; and charted environmental impacts of global pollution, deforestation, and warfare. ..." Mike B.
Hyperallergic
The Decolonial Atlas
151 People Killed by Police in June 2020 by Jordan Engel, data from Fatal Encounters
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