Lecture within the framework of the international seminar "Visualizar '15. Commoning data".
Maps are a pretty persistent part of how we plot history, how we cartographically comprehend our present, and how might process a topographical trajectory of our future. They provide us with some of the most intuitive ways to represent data visually, principally because they offer a way to rectify our physical locality with some digital and data-dense topography; they help us build narrative with relevant geolocation and let us tell trends with data on a geospatial-sensitive canvas. Providing a view of the world that speaks to a broad population requires an approach to open source and open information that is flexible, adaptable, and driven by an objective to demonstrate progress, in essence, to visualize flux.
Medialab-Matadero Madrid