{"id":1806921,"date":"2022-04-19T10:55:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T14:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1806921"},"modified":"2022-04-19T15:47:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T19:47:30","slug":"the-quarantine-atlas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/04\/the-quarantine-atlas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Quarantine Atlas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BookOut today from Black Dog & Leventhal<\/a>: The Quarantine Atlas<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a book-length distillation of CityLab<\/em>\u2019s COVID-19 mapping project, in which they solicited readers\u2019 hand-drawn maps of life under lockdown<\/a>, the year 2020 in general<\/a>, and how life has been changed by the pandemic<\/a>. They received more than 400 submissions; 65 of those maps, plus essays by divers hands, are included in the book.<\/p>\n

To mark The Quarantine Atlas<\/em>\u2019s release, editor Laura Bliss has a piece in Smithsonian<\/em><\/a> adapted from the book\u2019s introduction and generously illustrated with maps. Bloomberg<\/em>, which absorbed CityLab<\/em> a while back, features twelve quarantine maps<\/a> from the various calls for submissions. Update<\/em>: Plus an adaptation of David Dudley\u2019s foreword<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"BookThe Quarantine Atlas<\/strong><\/a>
\nby Laura Bliss
\nBlack Dog & Leventhal<\/a>, 19 Apr 2022
\nAmazon<\/a> (Canada<\/a>, UK<\/a>) | Apple Books<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Out today from Black Dog & Leventhal: The Quarantine Atlas, a book-length distillation of CityLab\u2019s COVID-19 mapping project, in which they solicited readers\u2019 hand-drawn maps of life under lockdown, the year 2020 in general, and… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[30,1367,1413,1426,191],"class_list":["post-1806921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-art","tag-books","tag-citylab","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-hand-drawn","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1805823,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/01\/citylab-continues-its-covid-mapping-project\/","url_meta":{"origin":1806921,"position":0},"title":"CityLab Continues Its COVID Mapping Project","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"3 January 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"Bloomberg CityLab is continuing its COVID-19 mapping project: they\u2019ve issued another call for reader-submitted maps. \u201c[T]he new year is a chance to take stock of where we stand now. 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