The two picture I posted below juxtapose in a very obvious way. Both jokingly express the way that different areas on the planet view the rest of the world. Both pictures take advantage of using bright colors to draw the attention of the reader and appeal to the eye. However the map on the left shows Australia’s view of the world while the one on the left shows America’s view on the rest of the world. One thing that is interesting to note about the maps is that the map of America’s view is drawn very “cartoony” and inaccurate to how the world really looks. However, the map of Australia’s view is very geographically accurate. This difference between the two maps could be interpreted that Australia has a greater understanding of the shape of the world than America. Are these maps trying to portray Australia as more intelligent or superior to America? O,r could it be that Americans are just lazier than Australians?
While the maps display the shape of continents and countries differently there are some striking similarities between the two. Both maps display America as being covered with the American flag which leads me to believe that both America and Australia recognize that America is very proud of itself. Both maps also display Australia as being green. This could be a coincidence but I think it shows that both Australia and America view Australia similarly. The color choice could symbolize life, grass, or any number of things. I plan of further investigating this, along with several other concepts in my paper. These two pictures are very interesting and are ripe for interpretation from a number of different people.
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I think it’s worth looking into and thinking about whether the maker of the Australia-centered map knew about the America-centered map. If the America-centered map was made first, the Australia-centered map could have been intentionally based on it–or vice versa.
Or they could both have been made independently, or they could both be instances of the same meme, perhaps one that other such maps have been based on–I don’t know, myself, but this could be worth researching. The Australia-centered map might have intentionally kept the sizes of its continents accurate as part of a differing strategy from the America-centered map, or it could have done it because its maker did not know or did not remember what the America-centered map did.
Very fun and fascinating choice of topic. I agree with Will’s suggestion: Be sure to research the authorship of each map. Figure out who made it or, at the very least, where it was most prominently published. One way to trace its origin online is by locating multiple sites that have published it and then clicking the map itself (and reading any surrounding commentary) to see where they found it.
Not all web authors or bloggers embed source-links into their images, but some do and the more professional ones do. This means a site like, for example, Huffington Post, is likely to only re-post an image if it includes a link to its original (or previous) context.
Happy clicking!
These maps have sparked my curiosity, I wonder if every country has it’s own version of the “World According to (whichever country)”. It could be interesting to see what other countries think about America.