100 Maps of Finland
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- A collection of imaginary maps and narratives derived from contemporary digital maps from the National Land Survey of Finland and Finnish history, literature and culture
- With the author acting as both bibliophile and cartographer, weaving together fact (historia), fiction (plasma), and myth (mythos)
- 100 Maps of Finland is an atlas which is designed to construct stories of Finland that weave fact, fiction, and myth together
- From the subterranean bunkers and complex pathways shielded from snow and nuclear weapons in Helsinki, to the far north in which the nomadic Lapps yoik, and cross borders below Saana with their reindeer herds
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100 Maps of Finland is a work of that is a combination of fact and fiction about Finland. The author uses the maps to invoke the ancient practice of visual narrative as a story-telling medium. It is also a cartographic and textual study of alternative ways to approach a selective history of Finland. Digital and analogue drawings and texts explore a range of cultural geographies of that incorporate Finnish mythology, history, fictions, and other stories. derived from author-constructed maps, and texts of maps, stories, and reflections built up over 25 years of work in Finland.
Specifications
- Publisher
- ORO Editions
- ISBN
- 9781966515210
- Publish date
- 11th Jan 2027
- Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Territory
- World excluding USA, Canada, Australasia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan
- Size
- 215 mm x 279 mm
- Pages
- 300 Pages
- Illustrations
- 250 colour
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