Description
Personal geographies and hand-drawn maps exploring sense of place by Denis Wood, a geographer, independent scholar, and author of "The Power of Maps" (1992, based on his Cooper Hewitt exhibition) and "Everything Sings: Maps for a Narrative Atlas" (2010, revised 2013). Wood's work examines how individuals perceive and represent their neighborhoods, challenging the notion that maps are objective documents. His Boylan Heights project (see separate entry) mapped a single Raleigh, North Carolina neighborhood through dozens of unconventional lenses — jack-o'-lantern distribution, radio signal strength, overhead power lines, the paths of paper boys. Also referenced in the Boylan Heights Newsletter entry.