T̶h̶r̶e̶e̶ F̶o̶u̶r̶ Five geographers mapping the geographies of user-generated online content. @mattzook @geoplace @kyjts @geographiliac and @atepoorthuis

Lexington, KY // Oxford, UK
Joined January 2010
"This is an essay about maps. But it is not just about maps." manifesto.floatingsheep.org/
Many congratulations to our own @geoplace on his promotion to Professor of Internet Geography at @oiioxford!
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Many thanks for the UK Campus Writing award! A hearty BAAAA to @UKWRD
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#FSM6 bit.ly/1RxLytd 6a.Maps of the digital reflect the material. 6b.But this reflection is distorted.
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#FSM5 bit.ly/1RxLytd 5a. Map or be mapped. 5b. But not everything can (or should) be mapped.
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#FSM4 bit.ly/1RxLytd 4a. Pretty maps are better than ugly maps. 4b. But ugly maps will do in a pinch.
#FSM3 bit.ly/1RxLytd 3a.Maps are now fundamentally different. 3b.But maps are still fundamentally the same.
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#FSM2 bit.ly/1RxLytd 2a. All maps lie. 2b. But lies are the source of maps' power.
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#FSM1 bit.ly/1RxLytd -Maps help us to understand the world. -But maps also produce the world as we know it.
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Our work was never just about the maps, rather, it was about how maps help us gain new perspectives on the world. bit.ly/1RxLytd
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A map may fail to engage with social theory but sometimes you just want to find a kebab shop bit.ly/1RxLytd
"You are here, a blinking little blue dot of priority." manifesto.floatingsheep.org/
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We are the map, we are the mapped, we are the mapping. We are the unmap, we are the unmapped, we are the unmapping. bit.ly/1RxLytd
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How do you draw & define neighbourhoods? Join Prof Ate Poorthuis at #FCL_LunchTalks #BigData goo.gl/G7h2YI – at Zurich, Switzerland
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