Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Mapping Stereotypes and Prejudices with Humor

http://alphadesigner.com/project-mapping-stereotypes.html

From Victoria Mixon on Twitter, this link takes you to a group of maps of Europe as imagined by residents of different countries, snarky with humor but somewhat true to stereotype:  Britain considers Ireland "rascals" for one. Sweden is "IKEA". Check it out...it's painfully funny!

2 comments:

  1. you do know that those pilot whale-like fishes with the unicorn horn are real and NOT fictional right?

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  2. Narwhals, right? I distinctly remember my kid making one with clay for a third grade science diorama...of course it broke, so it looked pretty lame.

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