July 2006 • Observed
Map Quest
Calling all aficionados of “locative media practice”—the editors and contributors of Else/Where: Mapping (shout-outs to our own Peter Hall, coeditor, and Stephen Zacks, contributor) have assembled dozens of noteworthy new media-mapping projects into one sprawling tome. With offerings as diverse as examinations of the globalization of football to the swarming patterns of pigeons, an infectious enthusiasm guides the way.
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