Thinking Aids
Maps in Eastern Europe
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
The magazine Osteuropa uses texts and maps to convey knowledge. The texts tell a story in succession, the maps visualise the juxtaposition of the information. Maps show geographical, socio-economic, and political content and enable the visualization of complexity and simultaneity in space. The Osteuropa archive consists of 550 maps, which are available in digital and printed formats. They cover expanses of territory, countries and regions, functional dimensions of Europe, natural resources and the energy industry, historical topics, and matters of comparative politics such as elections. But how does a map find its form? A look at the map workshop provides some answers.
(Osteuropa 1-3/2025, pp. 115–124)