Maps & Power
Maps, power, politics, and the stories space tells.
An independent research blog exploring how cartography shapes perception, enforces borders, and encodes inequality — from colonial projections to modern GIS analysis.
Can Students in Santa Clara County Actually Get to School Without a Car?
Santa Clara County is one of the wealthiest regions in the world — but does that mean every student can reach school? Using GIS and isochrone mapping, I mapped 30-minute transit zones around every public high school to find out who gets left behind.
Political History
How maps encoded empire, ideology, and control across centuries.
GIS Projects
Original spatial analyses using open data and mapping tools.
Map Analysis
Close readings of specific maps and what they reveal or conceal.
Borders
The cartographic construction of nations, territories, and exclusion.
Projections
How flattening a sphere distorts our understanding of the world.
Spatial Inequality
Where you live determines what you can access — and why.
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