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Jose Jorge Saavedra

Maps &

Mental Models

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http://www.florenceprints.com/images/Mappamondi/Orbis-universalis.jpg

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http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/SUSTDEV/EIdirect/climate/images/4climate.GIF

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http://septera.com/medias/world_map_color.jpg

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http://www.gideons.ca/-media/misc/World-map.jpg

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http://www.poly.edu/assmus/PHY03.BMP

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http://www.worldkidmag.com/world_kid's_world/earth_three_globes.jpg

Which one is the right map?

Some of our maps may be outdated

Maps create a bias that is hard to change

Mapa americéntricoMapa eurocéntrico

Mapa asiacéntrico

Greenland Dilemma:¿How big is Greenland compared to Africa?

Some of our maps may be distorted

Africa: 30 millones Km2

Groenlandia: 2 millones Km2

Some of our maps may be missinterpreted

“The map is not the territory”

Problems with mental maps

• Outdated

• Distorted

• Misinterpreted

““theory is what determines theory is what determines what we can observewhat we can observe””

Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein

• “Don’t forget your history nor your destiny.”

• “None but ourselves can free our minds”

-Bob Marley (1945-1981)