DOI
10.1080/17513057.2014.898359
Abstract
In 1973, German historian Arno Peters unveiled the “Peters projection,” a map that challenged the Eurocentric Mercator style by redrawing the so-called “Third World” to appear more prominent on the global landscape. The projection sparked intense debate among cartographers about the overt use of ideology in mapping, while simultaneously championed by international groups (from the UN to church organizations) as a corrective against the marginalization of developing nations. This essay addresses how the Peters map became a rhetorical emblem for an internationalist identity within the contentious spatial conceptions constraining the Cold War. Ultimately, the Peters projection, despite its radicalism, constituted a “recolonization” that supported logics of Western liberal development in the Third World.
Document Type
Post-print Article
Publication Date
4-2014
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2014 Taylor & Francis Ltd. Article first published online 09 JUN 2014.
The definitive version is available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17513057.2014.898359
DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2014.898359
Full citation: Barney, Timothy. "The Peters Projection and the Latitude and Longitude of Recolonization."Journal of International and Intercultural Communication 7, no. 2 (April 2014): 103-26. doi:10.1080/17513057.2014.898359.
Recommended Citation
Barney, Timothy, "The Peters Projection and the Latitude and Longitude of Recolonization" (2014). Rhetoric and Communication Studies Faculty Publications. 46.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/rhetoric-faculty-publications/46