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Map Duo Presentation – William Guy and Michael Zhang

North Korea Prison Camp Maps Our presentation delved into the intricate system of prison camps in North Korea consisting of Kwan-li-so camps (political prisoners), labor reeducation camps, and regional and labor training camps. Since 2004, an estimated 400,000 inmates housed … Continue reading

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Map Duo Presentation – Carter House and Ryan Soulis

North Korean Prison Camp Maps (Google Earth) These maps display the precise locations of North Korean prison camps as well as zoomed in images of them in great resolution via satellite imagery with Google Earth. The set of maps shows … Continue reading

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Map Duo presentation by Peter and Yaozhuo

The map above is the second map in series. A Cold War is a state of conflict between nations that does not involve direct military action but is pursued primarily through economic and political actions, propaganda, acts of espionage, or … Continue reading

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Map Duo presentation by Tommy Cahill and Will Anar

    2009 Failed States Index Map by Foreign Policy Magazine Tommy Cahill December 6, 2023 The 2009 Failed States Index by Foreign Policy Magazine is a Mercator Map projection of the world that organizes different countries on whether or not … Continue reading

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Map Duo Presentation: Gordon and Owen – Henry Cabot Lodge’s Maps and Security Council Speech

  In the late 1950s and 1960s, America and the Soviet Union were at the height of the Cold War. Both countries were attempting to prevent the spread of the ideology of the other, and both were actively participating in … Continue reading

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World Map of Stereotypes

            Spear Chuckers, Blood Suckers, Yankeeland and Absurdistan. No, those aren’t lazy steampunk terms, they’re moderately offensive country names in Martin Vargic’s World Map of Stereotypes. Vargic’s map is an incredibly detailed atlas of all sorts of crude -and funny- … Continue reading

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Map Duo Presentation by Grace and Matthew – Nuclear War Atlas

The Nuclear War Atlas is a compilation of 28 maps put together by geographer William Bunge in 1982. These maps were presented on a double-sided 20 by 34-inch poster that could fold into a 5 by 8-inch card. This atlas … Continue reading

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Map Duo Presentation Leo Barnes and Christopher Ferreira – Negro Program of Communist Party & Guerrilla Acts of Sabotage

While the precise date is unknown, the Negro Program of the Communist Party Map predates the Guerilla Acts of Sabotage map. The map was published by the South Carolina Klu Klux Klan to associate African Americans and communists together to … Continue reading

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Emilie Mannino – Map of the Week

Emilie Mannino This 2012 political map was chosen as my “Map of the Week” since the cartographer  shows an absurd amount of bias, along with some humor to engage the audience in an interesting way. The absurd exaggeration the map … Continue reading

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Map of the Week: Voici les Bases Américaines dans le Monde: Que est l’agresseur? Qui Menace?

When you first look at this map, what do you think? As an American, you’d think it was another anti-soviet, anti-communist map. The gigantic arrows pointing to the U.S.S.R. and China make you think so, especially if you can’t read … Continue reading

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