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SUMMARY:Afrika\, kartan och världsbilden
LOCATION:Etnografiska museet\, Djurgårdsbrunnsvägen 34\, 115 27 Stockho
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DESCRIPTION:In September 2026\, the UN General Assembly adopted the resol
 ution “Correct the Map”\, which states that the world maps we are use
 d to seeing give us a distorted view of the world.\n\nResolution A/80/L/1
 04\, “Correct the Map”\, was proposed by the African Union’s 54 mem
 ber states and adopted by an overwhelming vote of 164–1. It encourages 
 member states and international organisations to abandon the traditional 
 Mercator projection and instead use a new projection\, “Equal Earth”\
 , which more accurately represents the relative sizes of countries and re
 gions. If the resolution is followed\, it could mean that the maps in our
  books\, newspapers and phones change shape. Europe\, North America and n
 orthern Asia could shrink considerably.\n\nThis lecture provides historic
 al background to these recent developments\, with a particular focus on A
 frica and the colonial period. How has Africa been depicted on maps throu
 ghout history\, and how has this influenced the rest of the world’s per
 ception of the continent? What is a projection and how does it affect the
  way a map looks? What role did maps play when Europe conquered Africa?\n
 \nPetter Hellström is a historian of ideas and learning\, a senior lectu
 rer at Högskolan Dalarna and a visiting researcher at the Swedish Colleg
 ium for Advanced Studies. His latest research project\, “Afrikas vita f
 läckar. Hur upplysningens geografer rensade kartan”\, was funded by Ri
 ksbankens Jubileumsfond.
URL:https://www.stockholm.com/en/show/e019299
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