Subverting Perceptual Biases
Cartographers shatter C.J. Cregg's ingrained worldview with Peters Projection maps that rectify Mercator distortions—inflating Greenland while shrinking Africa—challenging assumptions of global power imbalances and echoing broader narrative disruptions like Gault's hidden treason and protesters' ideological rages, urging White House staff to question surface realities in policy formation.
Events Exemplifying This Theme
Rushing late into the Press Room, C.J. joins a fervent presentation by the Organization of Cartographers for Social Equality—Dr. Fallow, Sayles, and Huke—who decry the Mercator Projection's imperialist distortions, like …
In the Press Room, OCSE members Dr. Fallow, Huke, and Sayles present how Mercator projections distort global size and power, equating bigness with importance and fostering 'top-bottom' attitudes toward hemispheres. …