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Abstract
In 1973, German historian Arno Peters unveiled the “Peters projection,” a map that challenged the Eurocentric Mercator style by redrawing the so-called “Third World” to appear more prominent on the global landscape. The projection sparked intense debate among cartographers about the overt use of ideology in mapping, while simultaneously championed by international groups (from the UN to church organizations) as a corrective against the marginalization of developing nations. This essay addresses how the Peters map became a rhetorical emblem for an internationalist identity within the contentious spatial conceptions constraining the Cold War. Ultimately, the Peters projection, despite its radicalism, constituted a “recolonization” that supported logics of Western liberal development in the Third World.
He would like to thank Trevor Parry-Giles, Mari Boor Tonn, Shiv Ganesh, and especially Rona Halualani and her editorial team at JIIC for their excellent advice and hard work on this essay.
He would like to thank Trevor Parry-Giles, Mari Boor Tonn, Shiv Ganesh, and especially Rona Halualani and her editorial team at JIIC for their excellent advice and hard work on this essay.