{"id":2471,"date":"2018-04-14T21:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T02:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2018-04-14T21:00:47","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T02:00:47","slug":"the-nuclear-club-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/2018\/04\/14\/the-nuclear-club-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nuclear Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/files\/2018\/04\/unnamed-1.25.58-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2472\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/files\/2018\/04\/unnamed-1.25.58-PM-1024x746.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a>The Nuclear Club is a radical map that focuses on mapping the possession of nuclear weapons in the world. It was produced in 1981 as part of the Pluto Project that started by a radical British publishing houses known as the Pluto Press, which aimed to promote radical social changes. The Nuclear Club is a <em>radical<\/em> map because while condemning the war and destructive powers, it also attacks traditional ideas of maps by abandoning all the features of conventional maps and focusing on expose cartographers\u2019 value of the society, politics, and war to the surface.<\/p>\n<p>This map reveals cartographers\u2019 intention of emphasizing the role of central Europe in the Cold War and criticizing the use of nuclear power. The bold and vibrant colors and the bomb icons highlight the tension of the Cold War. Moreover, The Europe centered projection and the magnified area of Europe reflect that the conflict between the superpowers and the nuclear weapons were threatening European countries.<\/p>\n<p>By constructing The Nuclear Club and other maps in the Pluto Project, the group showed their attention on protesting against states\u2019 enormous power during the climax of the Cold War and after it as well as so-called objective, scientific and realistic maps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nuclear Club is a radical map that focuses on mapping the possession of nuclear weapons in the world. It was produced in 1981 as part of the Pluto Project that started by a radical British publishing houses known as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/2018\/04\/14\/the-nuclear-club-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3889,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/livesofmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}