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Reversed map
The map is a familiar tool. It is a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional world. It is a way of organizing information, of understanding relationships between places. It is a way of navigating the world.
And yet, the map is not the world. It is a representation of the world, a filtered and biased view of the world. The map is not the world, but the mapmaker's view of the world.
This is especially true of the world map. The world map is a representation of the world as seen from Europe. It is a map of the world as seen by the European conquerors and explorers. It is a map of the world as seen by the European colonizers.
The world map is a map of the world as seen from the perspective of the powerful. It is a map of the world as seen from the perspective of the colonizers. It is a map of the world as seen from the perspective of the conquerors.
The world map is a map of the world as seen from the perspective of the Western, white, male.
This is not to say that the world map is wrong. It is not wrong. It is a representation of the world as seen from a particular perspective.
But it is important to remember that the world map is not the world. It is a map of the world. And it is important to remember that the perspective from which the world map is created is not the only perspective, and is not the perspective of everyone.
There are other perspectives. There are other maps.
There is the map of the world as seen from the perspective of the indigenous peoples of the world. There is the map of the world as seen from the perspective of the people of Africa. There is the map of the world as seen from the perspective of the people of Asia.
There are other maps. And these other maps are just as valid as the world map. They are just as valid as the European perspective from which the world map is created.
In fact, they may be more valid, because they are not limited by the biases and perspectives of the European mapmakers.
So let us remember the world map is not the world. And let us remember that there are other maps, other perspectives, other ways of seeing the world.
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