{"id":1788855,"date":"2020-05-26T12:12:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T16:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1788855"},"modified":"2020-05-26T12:12:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T16:12:54","slug":"mapping-the-global-imaginary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/05\/mapping-the-global-imaginary\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping the Global Imaginary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DRMC Global Imaginary Day 1 Panel 1\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aTcVjrnZiB0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In February 2019 a conference on the blurred line between factual and fictitious mapping in history, <a href=\"https:\/\/exhibits.stanford.edu\/global-imaginary\"><em>Mapping the Global Imaginary, 1500-1900<\/em><\/a>, took place at Stanford University\u2019s David Rumsey Map Center. Which I somehow missed. But no worries: <a href=\"https:\/\/library.stanford.edu\/rumsey\/events\/recorded-talks\/mapping-global-imaginary-1500-1900\">videos of the conference panels are available online<\/a> (see above for the first one), as is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DMNC1Hm1sFQ\">the talk by the keynote speaker<\/a>, Sumathi Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February 2019 a conference on the blurred line between factual and fictitious mapping in history, Mapping the Global Imaginary, 1500-1900, took place at Stanford University\u2019s David Rumsey Map Center. Which I somehow missed. But&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/05\/mapping-the-global-imaginary\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,112],"tags":[400,401],"class_list":["post-1788855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-antique-maps","category-conferences","tag-rumsey","tag-stanford","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1787356,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/05\/2019-ruderman-conference-announced\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788855,"position":0},"title":"2019 Ruderman Conference Announced","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 May 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"The 2019 edition of the biennial Barry Lawrence Ruderman Conference on Cartography has been announced. 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Curated by guest curator Alexandria Brown-Hejazi, the exhibition, which opened last week, \u201cexplores maps of the Islamic World, focusing on the \u2018Gunpowder Empires\u2019 of Ottoman Turkey, Safavid Persia, and Mughal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/celebi-rumsey-1024x822.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/celebi-rumsey-1024x822.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/celebi-rumsey-1024x822.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/celebi-rumsey-1024x822.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1791228,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/06\/2021-ruderman-conference-announced\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788855,"position":2},"title":"2021 Ruderman Conference Announced","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"9 June 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"Registration is now open for the third biennial Barry Lawrence Ruderman Conference on Cartography. 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The theme this time around is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Conferences&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Conferences","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/conferences\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1845174,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/11\/above-below-cartography-beyond-terrain\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788855,"position":3},"title":"Above &amp; Below: Cartography Beyond Terrain","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"23 November 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"Above & Below: Cartography Beyond Terrain, an exhibition at Stanford Library\u2019s David Rumsey Map Center that launched in conjunction with this year\u2019s Ruderman Conference, \u201cexplores how cartography depicts the depths of the Earth, the ocean floor, weather systems, the solar system, and even the seemingly intangible internet\u2014anything but the thin\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"exhibitions\"","block_context":{"text":"exhibitions","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/tag\/exhibitions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/above-below-rumsey.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/above-below-rumsey.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/above-below-rumsey.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/above-below-rumsey.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1438,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/04\/david-rumsey-map-center-at-stanford-opens-april-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788855,"position":4},"title":"David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford Opens April 19","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"4 April 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"In 2009 it was announced that map collector David Rumsey, whose eponymous website\u00a0has been a must-visit for any map aficionado, would be donating his collection of 150,000 maps, plus digital copies, to Stanford University. Preparations to receive Rumsey's collection began last summer. Now the David Rumsey Map Center is set\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/QLmKt_XEpT4\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2240,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/06\/kqed-on-the-rumsey-map-center\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788855,"position":5},"title":"KQED on the Rumsey Map Center","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 June 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"More on\u00a0the David Rumsey Map Center, which opened last April:\u00a0KQED Radio's Michael Krasny interviews\u00a0David Rumsey and the Center's head and curator, G. Salim Mohammed (28 minutes). 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